Historical events

1914-1916
1. Word War
2. President(USA): Woodrow Wilson
3. HMS Lusitania sunk by German Submarine
  1. anti-German sentiment
1917-1919
1. U.S. declares war on Germany
2. American Expeditionary Force under General Pershing fights on the side of Allies in France
3. Versailles Treaty rejected by Senate
4. race-riots in Chicago
5. May Day socialist parade broken up (NY)
1918-1925
1. publishion of "The Decline of the West"
  1. portraying Western civilization
2. speakeasy, bootlegger, crime, gangsters
3. most Americans live in urban areas
4. frontier was closed
5. laws: restricted immigration
  1. Southern --> eastern Europe
6. Great Britain + France suffering
7. a lot of scandals
8. Adolf Hitler attempt Beer Hall Putsch
1919-1929
1. expansion of the auto, chemical, elextrical applience + radio industrie
2. entertainment industry
3. prosperity of the middle class --> poverty
4. president Wilson dies
5. President: Herbert Hoover
6. "Great Depression"
7. end of laissez-faire economics

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	Created by Vivien Se over 8 years ago