WW1 Timeframe

  • Wilson’s Presidency Term

    a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States
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    Lusitania

    Lusitania was attacked by a German submarine that shot a torpedo at the Lusitania
  • Great Migration

    movement of six million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast,
  • Lenin led a Russian revolution

    seized power and destroyed the tradition of csarist rule.
  • Selective Service Act

    authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription
  • Espionage Act

    prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason
  • Sedition Act

    piece of legislation designed to protect America's participation in World War I
  • Schenck vs US

    landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act
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    First women elected to Congress

    Jeannette Rankin of Montana was the first woman elected to Congress
  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    Teapot Dome scandal was a bribery scandal involving the administration of United States President Warren G. Harding