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1910-1970 movement of 6 million African Americans out of the Southern United States. They moved them to the urban Northeast Midwest.
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28th president of the United States. American politician and an academic.
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First World War of the Great War. This was a global war that started in Europe.
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The Lusitania sank on May 15, 1915. The ship sank in 18 mins. At the time this ship was the the largest passenger ship. On May 15th a German U-boat torpedoed the Lusitania. Leaving 1,198 passengers and crew dead.
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An act of Congress. To cover a range of offenses, speech, and the expression of opinion.
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Authorized the federal government to raise a national army.
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This act was to prohibit inference with military operations or recruitment, This was to prevent the support of the United States enemies during the war time. This Act made it a crime for people to convey information.
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Founder of the Russian Communist Party. First head of the Soviet Union.
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Infected 500 million people across the world. 50 to 100 million people died from this. Which was 3-5 percent of the worlds population.
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On this day wilson addressed to congress a 14 point program to world peace. This was a statement of principles for peace, in order to end World War 1.
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Enforcement of the Espionage Act during World War 1.
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The US could not ratify the treaty or join the League Of Nations.
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This gave women the right to vote. Also known as women suffrage. Women at this time were not equal to men they weren't even close, but in 1920 they both had the right to vote.
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The first Olympic Winter Games was held at Chamonix, France. The winter games is officially known as "I Olympic Winter Games".
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Babe Ruth hit his 60th homerun in the 1927 season. This record stood for 34 years.
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First invented in Philadelphia. Walter E. Diemer invented bubble gum by fooling around and mixing different reciepes to make gum less sticky and more flexible.
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She received a phone call that invited her to fly across the Atlantic Ocean. She did this because she would be known as the first women to get across the Atlantic in a plane.
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The longest Lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world. This began soon after the stock market crashed in 1929.
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Rankin was the first women elected into congress and the first women to serve in the US congress. She helped pass the 19th amendment,which allowed women to vote.
