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  • Wilson’s Presidency term

    Wilson’s Presidency term

    was the 28th president of the United States.
  • WW1 timeframe

    began on July 28, 1914
  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

    longest passanger ship on earth at 240 meters long.
  • year of first women elected to congress (rankin)

    rankin had campaigned as a progressive .
  • great migration timeframe

    some six million African Americans from rural areas of sothern states of the US
  • selective service act

    act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in ww1
  • espionage act

    espionage act

    national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used fir the injury of the united states States.
  • Lenin led the Russian revolution

    promoted world revolution through the communist international
  • sedition act

    first test of freedom of speech
  • Influenza (flu) epidemic

    most severe pandemic in recent history
  • Wilsons 14 points

    speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States congress by president wooodow Wilson
  • US rejects League of Nations membership

    America voted against becoming official members of the league if nations.
  • US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles

    Senators feared that U.S. involvement in the League of Nations would mean that American troops might be sent into Europe and settle European disputes.
  • Schenk vs. us

    Schenk vs. us

    was a landmark decision of the us Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the espionage act
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    women's right to vote
  • vacuum cleaner

    vacuum cleaner

    James Murray Spangler created a carpet sweeping contraption out of a soap box, a broom handle, a pillow case, and an electric motor.
  • Baseball player Babe Ruth

    Baseball player Babe Ruth

    Babe Ruth hit more home runs for the New York Yankees than any other man in history.
  • Lie Detector

    Lie Detector

    The previous machine was built to record the individual’s physiology response to an accusation, but it is not advanced as that of John Larson.
  • Electrical shaver

    Electrical shaver

    The idea of creating an electric razor came to him while he recuperated from an injury suffered while doing some gold exploration in Alaska and British Columbia in the early 1910s.
  • Greta Garbo

    Greta Garbo

    American actress who was one of the most glamorous and popular motion-picture stars of the 1920s and '30s.