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The act permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the U.S. government
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President Woodrow Wilson was the 28th U.S. President. Wilson led America into war in order to “make the world safe for democracy”
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A British ship that sunk from a German U-boat, killing many Americans on the ship. This solicited U.S. public options against Germany and the entry into WW1
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The relocation of more than 6 million African Americans from the South to cities in the North, Midwest, and West. Many people took advantage of the need for industrial workers around the time of WW1
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Representative Jeannette Rankin was the first woman elected to Congress in 1917.
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Russia came under the command of a Provisional Government which opposed violent social reform and continued Russian involvement in WW1. Lenin had begun plotting an overthrow of the Provisional Government. He advocated for direct rule by the worriers and peasants.
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This Act gave the U.S. president the power to draft soldiers for the war. By the end of the war some 24 million men had registered under the Selective Service Act.
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The Espionage Act limited dissent to the war. It prohibited obtaining information, recording picture, or copying description of any information. The act also created criminal penalties for anyone obstructing enlistments in the Armand forces.
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1918-1919 Pandemic (Spanish Flu) Estimated of about 500 million people became infected with the virus, and about at least 50 million deaths worldwide.
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was supposed to be used for peace negotiations to end WW1.
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Schenck v. U.S. was a decision concerning the enforcement of the Espionage Act during WW1. Schenck declared that type draft violated the 13th Amendment prohibition against involuntary servitude.
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For the first time, the U.S. rejected a peace treaty. The Treaty of Versailles wanted to and the war. They rejected the treaty based on the objections to the League of Nations.
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The 19th Amendment finally allowed women the right to vote.
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The Teapot Dome Scandal revealed the greed and corruption of president Warren Hardings administration. One of Harding administrators had been accepting bribes from from some private oil companies for exploitation of the oil reserve.
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The building of the Lincoln Memorial, made of granite, marble and limestone, took about 8 years, from 1914-1922. The statue of Abraham Lincoln is 19 ft tall and designed from sculptor Daniel French.
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President Harding died in office after serving for 2 years as president. He is succeeded by his Vice President, Calvin Coolidge. Coolidge would then oppose the League of Nations, but approve the World Court.
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Calvin Coolidge wins his first election ad President, after the death of president Warren Harding. The Electoral margin was 382 to 136 to 13.
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In 1926 the Air Commerce Act was passed, providing aid and assistance to the airline industry, plus federal oversight under the Department of Commerce for civil air safety
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In 1927 the first success in the invention of television occurred by American inventor Philo Taylor Fransworth. The electronic television system would be patented 3 years later on August 26, 1930
