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A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the 34th governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election.
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Archduke Franz Ferdinand Carl Ludwig Joseph Maria of Austria was the heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary.
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Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia to start War.
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On July 28, 1914, one month to the day after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife were killed by a Serbian nationalist in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, effectively beginning the First World War.
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August 1, 1914 - Germany declares war on Russia. France and Belgium begin full mobilization.
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German troops overran Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and France in six weeks starting in May 1940.
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RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat 11 miles off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198.
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The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West
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"Since 1917, when Representative Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman to serve in Congress, a total of 393 women have served as U.S. Representatives, Delegates, or Senators."
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The Selective Service Act of 1917 or Selective Draft Act authorized the United States federal government to raise a national army for service in World War I through conscription.
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During the Russian Revolution, the Bolsheviks, led by leftist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin, seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule. The Bolsheviks would later become the Communist Party of the Soviet Union.
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Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.
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The Fourteen Points was a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent it from occurring again.
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Act that permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States
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Germany had formally surrendered on November 11, 1918, and all nations had agreed to stop fighting while the terms of peace were negotiated.
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Schenck v. United States, 249 U.S. 47, was a landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
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Treaty of Versailles formally ended World War I.
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The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex.
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The Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding.
