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Wilson's Presidency Term
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World War 1
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Luistania
The Lusitania was sunk by German soldiers in a German submarine. On the afternoon of 7 May, a German U-Boat torpedoed Lusitania, 11 mi (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland and inside the declared "zone of war". A second, unexplained, internal explosion sent her to the bottom in 18 minutes, causing the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew. -
Great Migration
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Selective Service Act Passed
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Espionage Act Passed
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Lenin led a Russian Revolution
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Influenza Epidemic
Ended on December, 1920.
Most influenza outbreaks disproportionately kill juvenile, elderly, or already weakened patients; in contrast, the 1918 pandemic predominantly killed previously healthy young adults. From Frozen victims, scientists were able to draw a conclusion that the Flu caused respiratory failure and an overreaction of the bodies immune system. -
US rejects league of Nations membership
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Wilson's 14 points speech
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Sedition Act Passed
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First woman elected to Congress (Jeannette Rankin)
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Schenck vs. US
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US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles
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Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium
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Ku Klux Klan recruits over 85,000
The Ku Klux Klan launches a recruitment campaign using mass marketing techniques to gain 85,000 new recruits by October. After a period of decline, white Protestant nativist groups revived the Klan in the early 20th century, burning crosses and staging rallies, parades and marches denouncing immigrants, Catholics, Jews, blacks, and organized labor. The KKK bombed black schools and churches also. -
19th Amendment passed
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USA Lower Louisiana Flood
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Warren G. Harding Dies during his presidential term
Warren G. Harding dies 2 and a half years into his presidential term and is succeeded by Calvin Coolidge. Warren died of pneumonia and was having abdomen and heart problems. He died in the Palace hotel and was buried back in his home state, Ohio. -
Charles Lindbergh is the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic
May 21, 1927-Charels Lindbergh becomes the first man to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Midway through the flight "sleet began to cling to the plane. That worried me a great deal and I debated whether I should keep on or go back. I decided I must not think any more about going back." When he came home to America aboard the USS Memphis, a majestic convoy of warships and aircraft escorted him up the Chesapeake and Potomac to Washington.
