World War 1

By NFraver

  • Begin of WW1

    The Great War started when Austria-Hungary Archduke Franz Ferdinand was assassinated

  • Lusitania

    The Lusitania was a British ship that sank at the beginning of WW1. A German U-boat shot a torpedo at the passenger ship

  • The Great Migration

  • 1st women elected to Congress

    1st women elected to Congress

    Jeannette Rankin was the 1st women elected to congress and was elected to the House of Representatives for Montana.

  • Selective Service Act

  • Espionage Act

  • Vladimir Lenin led a Russian Revolution

  • Influenza Flu Epidemic

    Influenza Flu Epidemic

    A virus that killed from 20-50 million people between 1918-1919

  • Wilson's 14 Points

  • Sedition Act

  • Schenk vs US

  • 19th Amendment

  • US Senate Rejects Treaty of Versailles

  • US rejects League of Nations

  • Palmer Raids

    A series of raids after WW1 by the US Department of Justice and Attorney General Mitchell Palmer to arrest and deport communists

  • 18th Amendment

  • 1st Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade

    1st Macy Thanksgiving Day Parade

  • Route 66 is opened

    Route 66 is opened

  • Babe Ruth sets single season HR record

    Babe Ruth sets single season HR record

  • Wall Street Crash