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Henry Ford opens his assembly lines to African American workers
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Assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdnand
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WWI
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Sinking of the Lusitania (Sister ship to the Titanic)
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Russia Withdraws from WWI
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Russian Communst Revolution begins
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Passage of the Selective Service Act
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Espionage and Sedition acts passed by Congress
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War Industries Board established to regulate production in WWI
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Food Administration set up under Herbert Hoover
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Austria-Hungary Surrenders to the Allies
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Worldwide Flu Epidemic kills 30 million
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National War Labor Board established by Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson presents his Fourteen Points Peace Plan
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Armistice ends Wold War I
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Signing of the Treat of Versailles establishing the peace at the end of WWI
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Passage of Prohibition and end of Prohibition
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Charles Lindbergh makes first nonstop transatlantic flight
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Japan invades Northern China
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Amelia Earhart crosses the Atlantic in a solo flight
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Congress creates the SEC
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Congress passes the Social Security Act
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Civil War in Spain
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Hinenburg disaster
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Germany invades Poland