Principal Events Reviewed by 1930 Peace Treaty Senate Failure
The article notes the United States remained technically at war with Germany due to the Senate's failure to ratify the peace treaty, while declaring the U S at peace in practice. It highlights postwar readjustments, evolving European tensions, Irish issues, and domestic prosperity amid uncertainty in business and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
United States
Donald F. Biggs
Germany
Europe
Paris
Emerald Isle
End of World War I and aftermath across nations
A sweeping recap of postwar events from the Versailles treaty ratifications at Paris to the League of Nations opening in Geneva. It covers Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Turkey, Armenia, and Greece, with fronts in the Baltic, Crimea, and the Adriatic, plus political upheavals in Ireland, Mexico, France, Italy, and Greece through late 1919.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Paris
United States
Senate
League of Nations
Executive Council
Belgium
Brazil
England
Italy
France
Japan
Greece
Spain
Ukraine
Esthenia
Turkey
Toops
Constantinople
Baltic
Warsaw
Poland
Russia
Podolia
Kiev
Silesia
Kolshevik
Persia
Astara
East Prussia
Pilsudski
Supreme Council
Hungary
Versailles
Ambassa
Wallace
Tirana
Exsad Pasha
Malta
Avia Minor
Rovona
Bolshevist
Lonza
Krest-Litovek
Lemberg
Ment
Serbia
Hedjaz
Latvia
Finland
Bolsheviks
Trotzky
Rapallo
Assembly of the
Geneva
Paul Hymans
Wilson
Council of the
Armenia
Erivan
League Assembly
Austria
League
Global upheaval of 1920 reshapes Europe and beyond
The 1920 world scene sees France fail to reelect Clemenceau, Ireland's Home Rule progress, a Kapp coup in Berlin, Irish violence in Cork, Mexican revolutions advancing, and Italian unrest with new cabinets and urban riots. The turmoil follows World War I across Europe and other regions with shifting governments and armed confrontations.
1920 Political Events and Key Legal Changes Across the U S
The 1920 year saw Harding secure the Republican nomination in Chicago on June 12 and Cox win the Democratic nomination in San Francisco on July 5. The election produced a landslide Republican victory with 414 electoral votes and a sweeping GOP control of Congress. Women gained full voting rights. prohibition began January 16 under the Volstead Act. nationwide prohibition took effect January 16. The New York Assembly expelled five Socialist members January 10 on charges tied to their platform. 88 Communist Labor party leaders were indicted January 21. Railroads returned to private operation March 1 under the railroad reorganization act. Senator Newberry was convicted March 20 for excessive campaign funds. The Socialist members were expelled April 1. anti radical suits challenged the validity of the eight eauthen lon sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Warren G. Harding
Ohio
Chicago
San Francisco
James M. Cox
Congress
United States Supreme Court
New York Assembly
Communist Labor Party
Truman H. Newberry
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Sherry
Eauthen Lon
Nation’s Versailles fight dominates early 1920 Senate agenda
In 1920 the United States Senate focused on ratification of the Versailles treaty and League covenant while key bills such as Cummins Esch rail reorganization Water Power and Oil Land Leasing advanced. Lodge reservations and vetoed measures marked the period as Congress adjourned with war laws repealed and Philippines independence urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Victor Berger
Congress
Milwaukee
Senate
Knox Senate
Wilson
Armenia
Supreme Council
Philippines
Labor and Industrial Unrest in 1920 Across Nations
The 1920 period of postwar reaction saw widespread labor unrest. In the United States the steel strike ended in January, while Europe faced extensive disruptions. A Chicago outlaw railroad switchmen strike began April 15, with federal arrests, and a new coal strike started April 5 in Illinois and Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
United States
France
Coal Commission
Wilson
Chicago
Joint Railroad
Illinois
Kansas
Global Labor Turmoil Surges Across Europe and US
The record chronicles 1919 wave after wave of strikes and unrest. In Italy workers attempted Soviets in Naples and northern provinces. Paris riots and rail strikes spanned May. wage awards followed from the Railway Labor Board through July and August. Denver street clashes in August left deaths, while British coal miners’ nationwide action stretched into autumn. United States mills trimmed wages in December signaling a broad downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miederach
Italy
Naples
Novra
Alexandra
Brescia
Treviso
Paris
General Federation of Labor
Bolshevists
Railway Labor Board
Inlinois
Indiana
Kansas
Wilson
Denver
Lombardy
Giolitti
England
United States
New England
Sports Echoes of 1920 Global and American Athletic Highlights
The year 1920 saw revived sports activity with Lipton’s Shamrock IV losing the America’s Cup to Resolute after a five race series. Golf saw Charles Evans Jr and Jock Hutchinson winning major western and national titles. The U S topped Antwerp Olympics with 212 points, while Dempsey and Carpentier claimed heavyweight titles. Baseball faced a 1919 World Series scandal and continued league tensions ending with a Pence compromise on November 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Lipton
New York
Shamrock
Charles Evans, Jr
Chicago
Jock Hutchinson
Edward Ray
England
United States
Antwerp
Belgium
Finland
Sweden
Jack Dempsey
Bill Miske
Benton Harbor
Mich
Georges Carpentier
France
Battling Levinsky
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Brooklyn
Pence
Notable deaths in 20th century figures listed by month
A necrology credits prominent national and world figures who died from January to December, naming Nicholas Sicaurd Maud Powell Reginald DeKeoven Cyrus Townsend Brady Edward Payson Ripley Gaby Deslys Julius Chambers William E Mickle Robert E Peary Humphry Ward Elmer Apperson William Martin Laurent Honore Marqueste Edward Harold Mott Ferdinand Roybet Theodore N Vail William Ridgely John H Bank Humphry Ward Levi Morton Charles Stoddard Gabrielle Kejane George W Perkins William Henry Roberts William Gorgas John Arbuthnot Fisher Empress Eugenie William K Vanderbilt J Frank Banly Isham Randolph James O Neil Sir Norman Lockyer James Wilson Raimundo de Madrazo Jacob H Schiff Winthrop Crane Charles Norris Williamson Louise Knogen Gurney Ludwig II Henry Thode Franklin Fort Ole Vebalci Margaret Brewster Eugene Chatin Francis Steisen Hormee Dodge Miles Latta Olive Schweinerdas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicholas Sicaurd
Maud Powell
Reginald DeKeoven
Richard L. Garner
Hey
Cyrus ‘Townsend Brady
Edward Payson Ripley
Santa Fe Railroad
Ohio C. Barber
Gaby Deslys
Julius Chambers
New York
William E. Mickle
Roany
The
United Confederate Veterans
Robert E. Peary
John H. Bank
Thor
Tor
Mareh
Humphry Ward
Elmer Apperson
William Martin
Laurent Honore Marqueste
Edward Harold Mott
Ferdinand Roybet
Theodore N. Vail
William Barrett Ridgely
Treasury
John .H. Vincent
Methodist Episcopal Church
Chautauqua Assembly
William Dean Howells
Levi P. Morton
Charles Augustus Stoddard
Mme
Gabrielle Charlotte Kejane
George W. Perkins
William Henry Roberts
Presbyterian General Assembly
United States Army
John Arbuthnot Fisher
Admiralty
Empress Eugenie
Napoleon II
William K. Vanderbilt
Railroad
J. Frank Banly
Indiana
Prohibition
Isham Randolph
Chicago
James O'Neil
Sir Norman Lockyer
James Wilson
Secretary of Agriculture
Raimwunde de Madrazo
Jacob H. Schiff
Winthrop Murray Crane
United States
Massachusetts
Charles Norris Williamson
Ogden Milita
Pacin
Charles M. Alexander
Louise Knogen Gurney
Ludwig II
Havarias
Henry Thode
Franklin Fort
New Jersey
Ole Vheabalci
Margaret Brewster
Eugene IV. Chatin
Francis Lynde Steisen
Hormee BE. Dodge
Our
Meraquis Latta
Miles Nit
Frother
Olive Schweiners Navettep
Landis Named Chairman Of New Board With Salary
The board of control is formed with Judge Kenesaw M. Landis of Chicago as chairman at an annual salary of 42500 dollars. Roscoe Sarles won the 260 mile automobile race at Los Angeles on November 25 where Gaston Chevrolet was killed in a collision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Control
Kenesaw M. Landis
Chicago
Roscoe Sarles
Los Areles
Gaston Chevrolet
Disasters of 1920 Worldwide Death Toll and Destruction
The year 1920 saw major disasters with seismic shocks in central Mexico and Italy, earthquakes in Chile and Central America, and deadly tornadoes across Georgia, Alabama, Indiana, Ohio, and Illinois. A Rothenstein munitions blast killed 300 in East Prussia, while floods struck Japan and a Florence district quake killed about 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Italy
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Georgia
Alabama
Indiana
Ohio
Illinois
Rothenstein
East Prussia
Tennessee
Mississippi
Cherokee County
Japan
Florence
Chile
Americ
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Alvaro Obregon
Deschanel
Alexandre Millerand
Georges Leygues
Clemenceau
Socialist Party
General Confederation of Labor
Soviet
Terence MacSwiney
Cork
Brixton
London
MacSwiney
Alexander
Paul
Constantine
China
Belfast
Ireland
Londonderry
House of Commons
Dublin
Venizelos
George Rhallis
Athens
Arthur Griffith
Liverpool
South
Sinn
Interstate Commerce Commission
Foreign Affairs
Poincare
Paul Deschanel
Siberia
Alexander I. Kolchak
Admiral Kolchak
Irkutsk
Great Britain
Ulster
Berlin
Wolfgang Kapp
Kapp
Carranza
Sonora
Republic
Mexicoo City
Jaly
Nitth
Orlando Aiso
Chamber
Giovanni Giolitt
Ancoba
Kea
Ust
Terence Mac
Brit
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