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June 2 – Eight mail bombs are sent to prominent figures as part of the 1919 United States anarchist bombings. June 4 – Women's rights : The United States Congress approves the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution , which would guarantee suffrage to women , and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.
1917–1919 – Silent Sentinels hold a vigil outside the White House gates in favor of women's suffrage, a nearly two–and–a–half year demonstration organized by Alice Paul and the National Woman's Party; 1917–1920 – First Red Scare, marked by a widespread fear of Bolshevism and anarchism
After the war, fear of subversion resumed in the context of the Red Scare, massive strikes in major industries (steel, meatpacking) and violent race riots. Radicals bombed Wall Street, and workers went on strike in Seattle in February. During 1919, a series of more than 20 riotous and violent black-white race-related incidents occurred.
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1919: The Year That Changed America is a 2019 non-fiction children's book by American author Martin W. Sandler.The book details various events from 1919, including the Great Molasses Flood in Boston, "which led to building code, municipal oversight, and corporate liability precedents", the Nineteenth Amendment's passing, racial tensions, the Red Scare, changing labor conditions, and the ...
1919 in Hawaii (2 C) L. ... 1919: The Year That Changed America; A. All American Pathfinders; B. 1919 Bible Conference (Adventist) F. List of American films of 1919 ...
1919 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar, the 1919th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 919th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1910s decade. As of the start of ...
Willingdon College was established in Sangli, India, named after former Governor of India Lord Willingdon. [155] The British Drama League held its inaugural meeting at Theatre Royal in Haymarket, London, England. [156] The football club Hünfelder SV was established in Hünfeld, Germany. [157]