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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the US from 1913-1921
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WW1 Begins when the Austria-Hungarian Empire declares war on Serbia for the assassination of their Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
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The passenger ship, RMS Lusitania, was traveling to Liverpool, England, when it was sunk by a German U-Boat, outside of Ireland. There were over 1,900 passengers and crew members aboard, but only 761 of them survived. The Lusitania was carrying munitions to Liverpool to contribute to the War Effort.
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The RMS Lusitania, a British passenger ship, was sunk off of the coast of Ireland by a German U-Boat. The Lusitania was carrying munitions to supply to Liverpool for the war, but its sinking would bring the US into the war, given that a majority of its 1900+ passengers were Americans.
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Jeanette Rankin was the first woman ever elected to Congress from Montana in 1916
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The Great Migration was the mass movement of 6,000,000 African Americans from the Deep South to all other parts of the US
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Vladmir Lenin led a revolution against the autocracy of the Tsarist Russian government. The autocracy fell with the death of Tsar Nicholas II, and made way for the Soviet Union
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The Selective Service Act was issued and all males aged between 21-30 would be registered and potentially picked for the draft. The draft would force people who aren't already enlisted in the armed services into the war
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The Espionage Act of 1917 was enacted to prevent and prohibit the sharing of classified information with foreign operatives.
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The Influenza Epidemic, or The Spanish Flu, started in January of 1918, and killed 50-100 million people worldwide. This was about 3-5% of the world's population
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Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points Speech was given in 1918, and outlined points of peace that Wilsons wished to achieve
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The Sedition Act of 1918 extends Espionage Act of 1917
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Schenk V US was a supreme court case arguing whether or not offenses of the Espionage Act and the Sedition Act should be criminal offenses. This was brought up over concerns of the violation of free speech.
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The US Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles Nov. 19, 1919, and declares they would never join in League of Nations
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The 19th Amendment was enacted in 1920, giving women the right to vote, and prohibiting states from denying voting rights based off of sex
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The first football league was formed, naming Jim Thorpe as its legend.
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The Teapot Dome Scandal took place from 1921-23 during Warren G Harding's Presidency. Harding's Administration gave Navy Petroleum to private Oil companies.
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Harding achieved a landslide victory over James M Cox, and becomes 29th president
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First Winter Olympics are held in France with 16 nations participating in 1924
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Construction of Mount Rushmore began in 1927, and would finish 14 years later
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The infamous Teapot Dome Scandal concludes in 1929 with the arrest of Albert B Fall and was sentenced 1 year and a $100,000 fine
