WW1

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    President Wilson's term

    Wilson was elected as the 28th president of the united states in 1913 and served 2 4 year terms till his presidency ended in 1921

  • WW1 begins

    world war 1 stared in Europe in july of 1914 and ended on november 11,1918

  • sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    the ocean liner sunk on may 7th 1915 during ww1
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    The great migration timeframe

    over 6 million african americans moved from rural southern united states to the northeast,midwest and west.

  • First women elected into congress

    the first women elected into congress was Jeanette rankin from Montana

  • Lenin led a russian revolution

    vladimir Lenin launched a almost blooldless coup vs the Duma's provisional government. the revolutionists were loyal to the bolshevik party which lenin led

  • Espionage act

    prohibited obtaining any information relating to the national defense,with hopes of not tiping off any foriegn nation that would want to cause harm to the US

  • selective service act

    selective service act required all men in the US from ages 21-30 to register for military service. over 10 million men had registered for the draft

  • sedition act

    permitting deportation ,fine or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat against the united states
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    Influenza epidemic FLU

    infected over 500 million people

  • Wilson's 14 points

    president wilson gave a speech on the 14 points of the principles for peace that was used for peace negotiations in order to end ww1

  • End of ww1

    germany surrendered on november 11,1918 and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while terms of peace were finalized

  • scheneck vs US

    landmark decision of the us supreme court concerning enforcement of the espionage act of 1917

  • 19th amendment

    gave women voting rights

  • US senate rejects treaty of versailles

    wilsons stubornness and unwillingness to negotiate the senate on nov 19 1919 rejected a peace treaty

  • kkk terrorized the nation

    The klu klux klan a demostic terror group revitalized in 1920

  • wall street bombing

    a terror attack on wall street that killed 38 people. worst attack on the united states up to this point

  • president harding is elected

    president harding was elected to serve as president following woodrow wilson in 1921
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    teapot dome scandal

    the teapot dome scandal was a scandal involving bribery and the administration of president harding from 1921-1923

  • president cooliage elected

    president cooliage runs for president after serving as the vice president. his term begins in 1923

  • black thursday

    the stock market crash of 1929 began with this day known as black thursday