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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the US as well as an American politician and lawyer. He had an eight year term as President.
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The prince of Austria-Hungary is assassinated by a Serbian. After Austria-Hungary declares retribution on Serbia but is rejected. This leads up to Austria-Hungary declaring war on Serbia. Eventually countries are declaring war on each other and battling it out for a long period of time. Finally the war comes to an end when The Treaty of Versailles is signed by Germany. The Treaty of Versailles starts to take effect and the US signs separate peace treaties with Germany, Austria, and Hungary.
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On a Friday at Celtic Sea, the RMS Lusitania sunk due to an attack by a German U-boat during World War I. The aftermath was 1,198 people aboard killed and 761 survivors.
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American politician and women's rights advocate, Jeannette Rankin became the first woman to be elected to Congress of the year 1916
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The Great Migration was the relocating of about 6 million African Americans because of racial segregation and discriminations.
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The Selective Service Act required all men from ages 21 to 30 to enlist into the military for war. This act had around 10 million men across the country register.
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The purpose of this act was to ban any interference with military operations and support of U.S. enemies or anything that was an utterance toward the US Government.
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Russian lawyer and revolutionist Lenin launched a nearly bloodless takeover against the Duma's provisional government.
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The Influenza flu epidemic also known as the Spanish flu was a deadly fever that infected about 500 million people.
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The Fourteen Points speech was spoken by Woodrow Wilson to outline his principles for peace in order to end The Great War.
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This act made it illegal to speak, print, write, or publish anything demeaning to the US Government.
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Schenck vs US was an attempt to get rid of the Espionage Act of 1918. Ultimately it lessened the strength of the First amendment, freedom of speech.
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The US Senate rejects Peace Treaty with Germany due to President Woodrow Wilson failing to take the senators objections to the agreement into consideration.
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The Ku Klux Klan was revived in 1920 who terrorized many groups. “hated not only Catholics, but Jews, Asians, African-Americans, and Europeans who were not from the non-Nordic countries of the north.”
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The Ireland Act of 1920 was implemented in the United Kingdom to "provide for the better government of Ireland".
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The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote which is also known as women suffrage.
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President Warren G. Harding got involved with bribery scandal that was known as Oil Reserves Scandal and many more.
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Briton Madden and Henry Luce published the first Time Magazine in 1923
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The very first Olympic Winter Games practiced on snow and ice were held in Chamonix, France on 1924.
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This flood was the most destructive floods in US history killing 246 people with a depth of 30 feet.
