Timeline for the 1900’s-1930’s

  • Lusitania

    Lusitania

    British Passenger Ship, build for passenger trades. Sunk by German Torpedo.
  • Wilson’s presidency term

    Wilson’s presidency term

    March 4, 1913 – March 4, 1921
  • WW1 Timeframe

    July 28, 1914 – November 11, 1918
  • Great Migration Timeframe

    One of the greatest movements of people in U.S. history.
  • Year of first women elected to Congress

    Year of first women elected to Congress

    Jeannette Rankin, born in Montana. Elected to Congress on April 2nd, 1917.
  • Selective Service Act

    Federal Government to raise a national army for WW1
  • Espionage Act

    Espionage Act

    Outlawed keeping information regarding injury to the U.S. or advancement of foreign nations.
  • Lenin led a Russian Revolution

    Led a revolution against the Provisional Government
  • Influenza Epidemic

    Influenza Epidemic

    deadly global influenza pandemic
  • Wilson’s 14 Points

    A statement of principles of peace
  • Sedition Act

    Anyone deemed a threat or publishing against the U.S. suffer deportation, fined, or improsiment.
  • Schenk vs. US

    landmark decision of the US Supreme Court concerning enforcement of the Espionage Act of 1917 during World War I.
  • 19th amendment

    Allowed women the right to vote
  • US rejects League of Nations membership

    Americans voted against being men=miners of the League of Nations
  • US Senate rejects Treaty of Versailles

    Concerned of the US being dragged into international disputes that were not their concern
  • Mass Media was Born

    The first commercially licensed radio station began broadcasting live results of the presidential election. Known as the “Talking Box.”
  • Flapper Dress

    Flapper Dress

    The start of Flapper dresses started trending during the 1920’s
  • The Halibut Treaty

    Gave fishing rights to the U.S. and Canada in the Pacific Ocean
  • Stock Market Crash

    What started before what is known as the Great Depression. Consumers were buying on margin, investors always owed someone, leading to the decline of the stock market.
  • Dust Bowl

    Dust Bowl

    Severe drought hit the Midwest and Southern Great Plains in 1930