turnout, because a Harding/Republican was predicted; low turnout of women voters outside the west, in the first election they were eligible to vote, striking lack of interest among Southern women.

CHRONOLOGY

April 4-6, 1917: “Congress debates and votes on a declaration of war against Germany. The Senate approves the declaration on April 4 by a vote of 82-6; on April 6, the House of Representatives passes the resolution by a vote of 373-50. Wilson signs the declaration on April 6.”

June 26, 1917: First U.S. troops arrive in France at St. Nazaire.

November 3, 1917: “The first engagement involving U.S. forces in Europe takes place near the Rhine-Marne Canal in France.”

December 18, 1917: “Congress submits the Eighteenth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to the states for ratification. The amendment forbids the sale,manufacture, or transport of alcohol except under special circumstances.”

January 8, 1918: Wilson gives his “14 Points” to Congress outlining peace after the war, the basis of the League of Nations.

September 30, 1918: “President Wilson addresses the Senate with the message that women’s suffrage was a “vitally necessary war measure.””

November 5, 1918: Mid-Term Election: the Republican Party takes control of both houses of Congress two-seat majority in the Senate, and 50 seats majority on the House. In addition, the Republicans win many governorships and state legislatures.

November 11, 1918: “Allied and German military leaders implement an armistice. The new German government issues an appeal to President Wilson to negotiate peace along the lines he enumerated in his Fourteen Points speech.”

November 18, 1918: “Wilson announces he will attend the Paris Peace