Timeline

  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

    British passenger ship that was owned by the Cunard Line and was first launched in 1906
  • Great migration

    Great migration

    six million Black people moved from the American South to Northern, Midwestern, and Western states roughly from the 1910s until the 1970s.
  • Wilson’s Presidency term

    Wilson’s Presidency term

    March 4, 1913 - March 4, 1921
  • WW1

    WW1

    global conflict that took place between 1914 and 1918
  • Year of first woman elected to Congress

    Year of first woman elected to Congress

    The era of women in Congress began on April 2, 1917
  • Espionage Act

    Espionage Act

    The Espionage Act of 1917 prohibited obtaining information of any relating to the national defense with intent.
  • Schenk vs. US

    Schenk vs. US

    landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I
  • Lenin led a Russian Revolution

    Lenin led a Russian Revolution

    The Russian Revolution of 1917 was one of the most explosive political events of the twentieth century
  • Selective Service Act

    Selective Service Act

    required all men between the ages of 21 to 45 to register for military service
  • Influenza (flu) epidemic

    Influenza (flu) epidemic

    50000000 humans died because of the flu
  • Sedition Act

    Sedition Act

    The Sedition Act made it a crime for American citizens to print, utter, or publish any false writing about the Government.
  • Wilson’s 14 points

    Wilson’s 14 points

    The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War
  • US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles

    US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles

    It started in November 19, 1919
  • US rejects League of Nations membership

    US rejects League of Nations membership

    Despite Woodrow Wilson chairing the committee which drafted the Treaty of Versailles Covenant
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    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.
  • Vice President Calvin

    Vice President Calvin

    August 2 – Vice President Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States
  • The mechanical television

    The mechanical television

    precursor to the modern television
  • The great Mississippi flood

    The great Mississippi flood

    The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927 was the largest river flood in American history
  • Invention of penicillin

    Invention of penicillin

    In 1928, at St. Mary's Hospital, London, Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin.
  • Great Depression

    Great Depression

    The Great Depression was the worst economic downturn in the history of the industrialized world