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Wilson’s Presidency term
Woodrow Wilson was an American politician, lawyer, and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from March 4 1913 to March 4 1921. He was a member of the Democratic Party. -
WW1
Also known as the First World War or the Great War. It was a global war in Europe that lasted from 28 July 1914 to 11 November 1918. -
Lusitania
The Lusitania was a British ship that was sunk by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland. It killed 1,198 passengers and crew (128 of them American). This lead to the United States declaring war on Germany. -
Great Migration
The Great Migration was the movement of African Americans out of the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970. -
First woman elected into congress
Jeannette Pickering Rankin sometimes called “Lady of the House” was an American politician and women’s rights advocate. Rankin was elected into the House of Representatives as the first woman in Congress. -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The violent revolution marked the end of the Romanov dynasty and centuries of Russian Imperial rule. -
Selective Service Act
Congress passed the Selective Service Act which Wilson had signed into law. The act required all men in the U.S. between the ages of 21 and 30 to register for military service. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act essentially made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies. -
Influenza Epidemic
The influenza pandemic nicknamed the “Spanish Flu” was deadly and infected more 500 million people around the world. This made it one of the deadliest epidemics in human history. The epidemic lasted from around January 1, 1918 to about December 18, 1920. -
Wilson’s 14 points
President Woodrow Wilson gave a speech that was delivered before a joint meeting of Congress. This speech outlined his vision for a stable long-lasting peace in Europe, the Americas and the rest of the world after World War I. -
Sedition Act
The House passed the Sedition Act which permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States. -
U.S. rejects the League of Nations membership
For the first time the Senate rejected a peace treaty. By a vote of 39 to 55, far from the two-thirds majority the Senate denied the Treaty of Versailles nor did it join the League of Nations. -
Schenk vs. U.S.
Schenck v. United States is a legal case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I. The Supreme Court ruled that freedom of speech protected in the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment could be restricted if the words spoken or printed represented to society a “clear and present danger.” -
U.S. Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles which ended World War I because President Woodrow Wilson had failed to take senators' objections to the agreement into consideration. -
The 19th amendment
The 19th amendment states: 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. This gave women the right to vote. -
The first American Professional Football league is formed
The American Professional Football League is formed in 1920 with Jim Thorpe as its president and eleven teams. -
The first Miss American Pageant
The first Miss America pageant is held in Atlantic City, New Jersey. And it is won by Margaret Gorman for the title Miss America. -
Warner Brothers
Warner Brothers Pictures is formed in Los Angeles, California. -
Mount Rushmore
Work on the sculpture at Mount Rushmore begins by Sculptor Gutzon Borglum. He would complete the task of chiseling the busts of four presidents; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, and Theodore Roosevelt, fourteen years later. -
First woman to flyover the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean.
