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28th president of the US served from 1913-1921, Democrat
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“The War to End All Wars”, involving major powers including UK, France, Russia, USA, Germany, Austria-Hungary, The Ottoman Empire, etc. (1914-1919)
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German U-Boat sinks the British ocean liner killing almost 2000 people
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Jeannette Rankin was elected, as the first woman into congress.
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The moving of African Americans from the south to more industrialized cities in the north, starting from 1916 and going into the late 1970’s
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Act which made criticizing the government illegal
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Act authorized by US Government to raise a national army for conscription during WW1
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Revolution in Russia led by Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin..
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DescriptionThe Sedition Act of 1918 was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds.
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Unusually deadly disease that ravage mostly Europe and North America
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Statement of principles for peace following the end of WWI, including League of Nation which leads to United Nations
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Landmark Supreme Court Case case concerning the Espionage Act of 1917
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Senate rejects Wilson’s 14 point plan, which includes not entering into League of Nations
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The right for woman to vote
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Bribery scandal during the Warren G Harding administration
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Egypt declares independence from British Empire
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Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was published in 1925
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The Iron Lung, a device used to help polio patients was created by Phillip Drinker and Louis Shaw
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Earhart crosses the ocean as a passenger, becoming the first women to do so.
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The markets crash in 1929, leading to the Great Depression
