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Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973) was an American politician and women's rights advocate, and the first woman to hold federal office in the United States.
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He served from March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
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1914-1918
The Central powers fought against the Allied powers resulting in a catastrophic war deeming the name "World War" of "The War to End all Wars." -
RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat
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the movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.
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The Selective Service Act of 1917 authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited interference with military operations, to ban support of U.S. enemies during wartime or to promote insubordination in the military.
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On November 6 and 7, 1917, leftist revolutionaries led by Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless coup d'état against the Duma's provisional government.
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The Sedition Act of 1918 was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I
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An influenza pandemic is a global outbreak of a new influenza A virus.
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Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47 (1919), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I
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In 1919 the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I
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Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote in elections.
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The NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association (APFA) before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season.
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding from 1921 to 1923
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A competition every four years in winter sports and activities.
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The Motel Inn, located in San Luis Obispo, California, was the first motel in the world.
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Sliced bread is a loaf of bread that has been sliced with a machine and packaged for convenience.
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
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