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28th president of the United States from 1913-1921 also saw America through world war 1
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Global conflict spanning from 1914 to 1918. USA joined in 1917
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Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat 11 miles off the coast of Ireland.
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Jeannette rankin of Montana was sworn into the House of Representatives
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Movement of six million African Americans out of the rural southern us to the urban northeast, Midwest, and wets from 1916-1970
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Served as the head of government of soviet Russia from 1917-1924. Bolsheviks seized control of government and proclaimed soviet rule.
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It required all men in the US of ages between 21 And 30 to register for Military service.
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Criminalized any “disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language” about the US government and military.
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The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 killed more people then the Great War. Killed between 20-40 million
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Proposal made by Wilson, outlining his vision for ending ww1 in a way that would prevent something like this from happening again.
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Extended the espionage act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses
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Senate rejected the treaty because they didn’t want to have too many alliances and if a war broke out they wouldn’t be forced to join.
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Freedom of speech protection afforded in the first amendment could be restricted if words represented “clear and present danger p.”
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Guaranteed American women’s right To vote
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Held in Antwerp, Belgium. US won 41 gold medals, 27 silver, and 27 bronze medals.
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All negro baseball league founded by rube foster. It consisted of eight teams.
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A bribery scandal involving the administration of the president warren g. Harding spamming from 1921-1923.
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Broke the all time home run record which was previously 59. Ruth hit 60 in the regular season.
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The market capitalization of ford motor company exceeds $1 billion
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40,000 ku klux klansmen March on Washington, their white hooded processing filling Pennsylvania Avenue