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Demobilization of the armies, millions return home. Photo: Black American troops return home |
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German socialist rebels Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg are murdered. Photo: Rosa Luxemburg |
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Peace Treaty signed by German delegates and Allies in Versailles. Photo: The Big Four at the Paris Peace Conference. Lloyd George, Vittorio Orlando, George Clemenceau and Woodrow Wilson from Britain, Italy, France and the United States, respectively. |
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President Wilson brings his campaign for the ratification of the Treaty of Versailles and its League of Nations to the American people. (Link goes to PBS: American Experience) |
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Wilson collapses and his whistle-stop tour of the country is over. Photo: A stricken Woodrow Wilson |
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