The suffragette movement led to the ratification of the 19 th amendment in 1920, granting women the right to vote. German subs sink a British passenger liner, the Lusitania. German subs sink US ships. US declares war on Germany. Wilson proposes League of Nations in Fourteen Points.
Military conflict ends.
The league existed from 1920-1946. The first meeting was held in Geneva in 1920, with 42 nations represented. U.S. Senate rejected the League of Nations. Republicans who favored isolation, led by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, disliked the treaty's provisions for joint military actions against aggressors, even though such action was voluntary. Entertainers such as Sousa and Arthur Fields recorded some of their tunes.