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Wilson’s presidency term
Thomas Woodrow Wilson is his full and was the governor of New Jersey before he won 1912 presidential election and he started his presidential term on March 4, 1913. -
WW1 Timeframe
World War 1 is also known as the Great War and it started in Europe after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Austria and lasted fro, 1914-1918 -
Lusitania
The RMS Lusitania was a British cruise ship that was sunk on May 7, 1915 by a Germany U-boat. The passenger thought that it was a normal ship and they didn’t know that it was carrying a lot of ammo for the British military sent by the US. After the sinking of the Lusitania the US joined WW1 by declaring war on Germany. The Lusitania was so close to their destination before the ship sunk near the coast of south Ireland. -
The great migration
African Americans moving from the south and going to the northern part of America. They were moving out of the south because of being treated poorly and not getting paid enough to feed their families. -
Jeannette Rankin
Jannette Rankin was the vert first women selected to the US Congress in 1916 and was a republican from Montana. She was a women’s right advocate. -
Russian revolution
After Lenin came back to Russia the Russian revolution had already started. Lenin overthrew the governor of Russia in the time and became the first communist government in the world and had ended the Russian involvement in WW1 by the treaty of Brest-Litovsk. -
Selective Service Act
It gave the US President the power to draft soldiers. The act required all male age 21-30 to register for the military service to get drafted into the war if the US needed them. 10 million men across the country had registered in the military draft because if the act. -
Espionage Act
The act made it a crime for anyone to insult the or abuse the US government. You can’t say anything bad about the flag, the constitution, the government, the military, the production of weapons needed for war, etc. You can’t say anything good about the country’s that are enemies of the US. -
Spanish Flu
It was the world most severe pandemic and it infected 500 million people in the world and it was spread world wide. The first person infected in the US was a military personnel in the spring of 1918. The Spanish flu killed about 50 million people world wide and killed about 675,000 in the US. -
14 points
It was an speech from President Wilson that was for peace and to end WW1. He wrote this speech this speech to end the war and get world peace and he called WW1 “the war to end all wars”. -
Sedition Act
This act was designed to protect America’s participation in WW1 and extended the Espionage Act. The Sedition Act imposed harsh penalties on anyone if they were found guilty of insulting or abusing the US government, military, flag, Constitution, production of weapons need for the war, etc would be fined 10,000 dollars or in prison for 20 years or both. -
US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles
The first time US senate rejected a peace treaty with a vote of 39 to 55 which was really short of the 2/3 votes required of the majority. The Democrats supported the treaty but the Republicans didn’t support it and they would support it if certain adoptions were made. -
Schenck v. United States
The US Supreme Court ruled that the protection provided by the US Constitution could be restricted because of the Espionage Act. Schenck was general secretary of the US Socialist Party and was arrested for violating the Espionage Act. US Socialist Party opposed the military draft. -
19th Amendment
This was one of the biggest accomplishment for women in history. This amendment gave women the right to vote. -
18th Amendment
Banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the US. -
American Professional Football League
The first American Professional Football League is formed and with Jim Thorpe as the President and with only 11 teams. The first championship was won by the Akron Professionals. -
Teapot Dome scandal
It was a bribery scandal with the administration of the US President Warren G. Harding. The Teapot Dome scandal was when a Secretary Albert Fall took money from a oil company to let them get oil from government land. The oil the government had set aside for the US Navy to give to them at there request for the ships. Warren had allegedly extramarital affairs and drank alcohol in the write house which was a violation of the 18th amendment. -
Wilson’s presidency terms
This was the end of Wilson’s presidency in the US. -
First Miss America pageant
Won by Margaret Gorman Miss District of Columbia at the age of 16 and was declared Miss America. It was help in Atlantic City, New Jersey. -
First Winter Olympic Games
It is a muilt-sport event that takes place every 4 years. The first Winter Olympics was help in Chamonix, France. This was great success because it attracted 10,004 paying spectators. -
The Great Depression
It started from the stock market crash in October on 1929. Leaving millions of people without jobs and banks with no money. With mostly everything and everyone bankrupted.
