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    Great migration

    Time period where African Americans migrated from the South to the North
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    World War 1

    Began after the assassination of Ferdinand Franz
  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

    Blown up by German U-Boat
  • Espionage Act

    Prohibited obtaining and spreading secret government information
  • First woman elected to congress

    First woman elected to congress

    Jeanette Rankin of Montana
  • Sedition act

    Prohibited spreading information that could potentially sabotage war effort
  • Selective service Act

    This act allowed government to expand their military
  • Lenin led a Russian revolution

    Lenin led a coup d’etait against Dumas government
  • Start of the influenza epidemic

    Start of the influenza epidemic

    A global deadly disease which was caused by H1N1 influenza A virus
  • Wilsons 14 points

    Wilsons 14 points

    Speech regarding foreign affairs, etc
  • Schenck vs. US

    Schenck vs. US

    Laws prevented oppositions from drafting by peaceful means is against the first amendment
  • Flappers

    Flappers

    Flappers was a subculture where girls wore their hair bobbed, knee high skirts, and listened to jazz
  • The roaring 20s

    The roaring 20s

    Era of mass consumerism, first time in history where more Americans lived in the city than on a farm
  • First trans Africa flight

    First trans Africa flight

    2 men flew from London to South Africa, this flight took 45 days to complete
  • 19th amendment

    This amendment made it legal for women to vote
  • US senate rejects treaty of Versailles

    President Wilson refused to negotiate peace making it the first time in history when a peace treaty was denied
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    Teapot dome scandal

    Scandal involving president Warren G. Harding, Secretary of the interior leased U.S pertroleum to a private oil company
  • 20 ton meteorite

    20 ton meteorite

    A 20 ton meteorite lands near Blackston, Virginia
  • Great Kanto

    Great Kanto

    A 7.9 magnitude earthquake hits japan making it the worst natural disaster in Japan history at the time

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