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28th U.S. president, led America through World War I. An advocate for democracy and world peace, Wilson is often ranked by historians as one of the nation's greatest presidents.
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Giant cruiser, disguised as a war ship, sunk by German U-boat
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First women elected into congress, was a politician and an advocate for women's rights
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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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Relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the cities of the North, Midwest and West
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prohibited many forms of speech, including "any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States ... or the flag of the United States
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Bolshevik Party leader Vladimir Lenin launched a nearly bloodless revolt against the Duma's provisional government.
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Law that made it a crime to "willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of the Government of the United States"
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Infected 500 million people around the world, and resulted in the deaths of 50 to 100 million. One of the deadliest natural disasters in human history.
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Statement of principles for peace that were to be used for peace negotiations in order to end the world war
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Supreme Court case concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act
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A guerrilla war fought between the Irish Republican Army and British forces. It was an escalation of the Irish revolutionary period into warfare.
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Formal peace treaty that ended World War I between the Allies and Germany
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Post-World War 1 movement in which jazz music and dance emerged
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Ford cars, such as the Ford Model T, were popular because they were cheap and reliable
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Granted all American women the right to vote
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Bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding
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Monoplane that was flown by Charles Lindbergh on the first solo nonstop transatlantic flight
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Share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed.
