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1916

  • Republican and Progressive parties endorse woman suffrage.

1917

  • Committee on Public Information created.

  • Espionage Act and Trading with the Enemy Act enacted.

1918

  • President Wilson endorses woman suffrage.

  • Sedition Act enacted.

  • Republicans win majority in both houses of Congress.

1920

  • Prohibition begins.

  • American women get the vote.