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Thomas Woodrow Wilson was elected president of the United States of America during WWI. His term ended in 1921.
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World War 1 begins after the assasination of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke and heir of the Austria-Hungarian Empire. World War 1 ends after 4 years, on 11/11/1918, the Allied powers claiming victory.
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The British ship Lusitania sinks off the coast of England, torpedoed by a German submarine. 128 Americans are killed.
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Roughly 6 million African Americans migrate out of southern states over a roughly 55 years, for the most part ending in the 1970s.
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Political leader and revolutionary, Lenin, leads a revolt against the Russian government, the revolution ending in 1923.
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The Selective Service Act is passed, requiring all men between 21 and 30 to register for the draft.
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The Espionage act is passed, making discussion of the negative aspects of the war illegal.
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Jeannette Pickering Rankin is elected the first female representative of Congress.
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An outbreak of influenza after WWI kills almost 50 million people.
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Wilson gives a speech outlining his 14 points on how to end WWI and achieve world peace.
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Congress passes the Sedition act to protect America’s participation in WWI.
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The Senate of the United States of America refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles after WWI, and didn’t join the League of Nations
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The Schenck case passed deciding that speaking against WWI was illegal under the espionage act.
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Women are given the constitutional right to vote.
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The Baseball World Series is broadcast on the radio for the first time.
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Former Secretary of the interior, Albert Fall, is charged with accepting bribes from oil companies skiing for exclusive rights to drill on a piece of federal land known as the teapot dome.
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The Yankee Stadium is built in the Bronx, New York.
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The first “talking” picture, The Jazz Singer premiers.
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Herbert Hoover is elected President of the United States.
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Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the Steamboat Willie short, produced by Disney.
