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Vacuums
1908
Asthmatic American inventor James Spangler sold his idea for an electric broomstick-like cleaner—with cloth filter and dust-collection bag attached to the long handle—to William Hoover in 1908. -
Wilson’s Presidency term
March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921 -
lusitania
British ship it sank by germens in 1915 -
The great migration
1917-1970
The Great Migration was one of the largest movements of people in United States history. Approximately six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
1917 -1923
Bloody Sunday in 1905 and the Russian defeat in the Russo-Japanese War both helped lead to the 1917 revolution. After taking over, the Bolsheviks promised 'peace, land, and bread' to the Russian people. I -
Year of first woman elected to Congress (Rankin)
1880–1973
she was born in montana
she was a Republican woman -
Ww1
Globo war
USA enters 1917 1914-1918 -
Selective Service Act
The act eventually required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
It was passed two months after the United States entered World War I. It was passed in June 15 in 1917
The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense -
Wilson’s 14 points
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Sedition Act
In one of the first tests of freedom of speech, the House passed the Sedition Act, permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States. -
Schenk vs. US
1919 decision upholding the conviction of a socialist who had urged young men to resist the draft during World War I. -
US rejects League of Nations membership
. This policy was called isolationism and was probably the main reason that America didn't join the League. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
were concerned that belonging to the League would drag the USA into international disputes that were not their concern. In the end, the Congress rejected the Treaty of Versailles and the League of Nations. -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment is the right to women tp vote . -
Band aid
1921
Earle Dickson, inventor of the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandage. Image: Johnson & Johnson Archives -
Blender
1922
Polish-American Stephen Poplawski solved this by wiring a series of small, spinning blades to an electric motor. -
Tv invention
1927
Tv invention
The system was designed by Philo Taylor Farnsworth, a 21-year-old inventor who had lived in a house without electricity until he was 14. -
Lipgloss
Lip gloss was invented by Max Factor in 1930 -
Influenza (flu) epidemic
1957-1958
It was first reported in Singapore in February 1957, Hong Kong in April 1957, and in coastal cities in the United States in summer 1957. The estimated number of deaths was 1.1 million worldwide and 116,000 in the United States.