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Coming to America: Ellis Island and New York City
New York City is a kind of archipelago, a Philippines on the Hudson River. Only one borough—the Bronx—is actually attached to the American mainland. There are some forty islands in...
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Red Summer
Race riots erupted across the nation from late spring through the early fall of 1919. In dozens of incidents of racial violence, African Americans were beaten, terrorized, and murdered. The NAACP appealed to President Wilson to investigate the attacks, but federal and local governments did little to address the violence.
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US declaration of neutrality
President Woodrow Wilson issued a declaration of American neutrality in the European war.
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Sinking of the Lusitania
A German U-boat torpedoed a British passenger ship, the Lusitania, killing more than 1,000 people, including 128 Americans.
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US declaration of war against Austria-Hungary
Already at war with Germany, the United States officially declared war on Austria-Hungary; the US never declared war on the other two Central Powers, the Ottoman Empire and Bulgaria.
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Fourteen Points
President Wilson delivered his “Fourteen Points” speech, outlining a plan for peace after World War I. The Fourteen Points program called for the reduction of arms, self-determination of nations, and a league of nations.
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Influenza epidemic
The influenza (or Spanish influenza) epidemic of 1918 and 1919 killed as many as 50 million people worldwide. A quarter of all Americans were infected at some point, including President Woodrow Wilson, and approximately 675,000 people died of influenza in the United States.
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Battle of Cantigny
American forces launched their first major offensive of World War I at the Battle of Cantigny.