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Wilson's Presidency Term
Woodrow Wilson became the President of the United States in 1913 andit lasted until 1921 -
World War 1 Time Frame
The start of World War 1 was in July of 1914 after the assassinaition of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo Serbia and thats when Austria Hungary declared war on Serbia -
Winston Churchill
Winston was a part of the war in 1915 and then resigned, but in 1917 he was appointed Minister of Munitions -
Games played in the trenches
German soldiers would be in their trenches and they would play this board game called Mensch Aergere Dich Nicht, and some say that it gives computer games a run for their money -
Use of poison gas
The first successful chemical weapon with poison gas in it was used on April 22th 1915 during ww1 -
Lusitania
On May 7th 1915 at approxamitely 2:12 pm, a German Boat called the Lusitania was torpidoed and it sank on its way to Liverpool, England from New York. At least 1900 passengerson the board and 1100 passengers died including 120 Americans an the ship sunk just off th south coast of Irelandin less then 20 minutes -
Children's experience
Many of the children of the time would write poems about when their loved ones would return home from the war and they would write short stories about the war -
Year of the First Woman Elected into Congress
Jeanette Picking Ranking was the first women to be elected into the Congress from the state of Montana in 1916 -
Women
Women played a big role in WW1 like railway guards, and ticket collectors, and even firefighters. They receives lower wages for doing what they are doing -
Lenin led a Russian Revolution
Vladimir Lenin startedto lead the Russian Revoluton also known as the Bolshlevik Revolution from 1917-1918 -
Selective Service Act
The Selective Service Act, also known as The Selective Draft Act, was started to require all men between the ages of 21 and 30 to register with locally administered draft boards for military conscription by national lottery -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed. It was straightforward and non-controversial, parts of this legislation curtailed Freedom of Speech in such a way as to draw an outcry from civil libertarians -
Influenza epedemic of 1918
The flu epidemic started in January of 1918 and ended in December of 1920. It affected over 500 million people across the world, nd it killed 50 to 100 million people in a short period of time. The flu was marked as one of the deadliest virus in human history. Resulting to the flu epedemic life expectancy dropped 12%. -
Wilson's 14 points
Wilson proposed a 14-point program for world peace. These points were later taken as the basis for peace negotiations at the end World War I. He believed the enactment of these would form the basis for a just, lasting peace. The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe. -
The Sedition Act
The U.S. Congress passed the Sedition Act. the Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war; insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military; agitating against the production of necessary war materials; or advocating, teaching or defending any of these acts. -
The Great Migration Timeframe
The Great Migration was a Movement whe 6 million African Americans were relocated from 1916-1918 -
US Rejects the League of Nations
The League of Nations was rejcted in November of 1919 because the US Congress did not feel like it was strong enough to succeed -
Schenck vs United States
This case involved a man named Charles Schenck and he attempted to distribute thousands of flyers of American servicemen that were recently drafted in the war to fight. His flyers asserted that the draft was amounted to "involuntary servitude" which outlawed the 13th amendment. Then he tried to say that the Espionage act violated the first amendment which isinvolved with freedom of speech and he was found guilty on all of his charges that were put on him. -
US Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles
In 1920 the US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles because they hought that it should stay "dead" -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was ratified to allow women the right to vote because women didnt have the same amount of rights as men
