It was called the "Great War" because so many nations were involved.
Allied Powers vs. Central Powers
President Woodrow Wilson worked to convince Americans not to take sides in the war. In 1915 the German navy sank a British passenger ship, the...
Airplanes were a new and important part of the fighting of World War 1. Some pilots trained at Kelly Field in San Antonio. Others trained at the Stinson School of Flying run by two women, Marjorie and Katherine Stinson and their two brothers...
In 1918 the Allied Powers won the war. Texans celebrated the end of the war, but mourned the more than 5,000 Texans who had died.
All Americans hoped that this war would be "the war to end all wars."
The Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919.
Women did not have the right to vote in the early 1900s. Many women in Texas and all of the country fought for suffrage.
Mary Eleanor Brackenridge and Jessie Daniel Ames were two influential Texas women...
Texas and the United States entered a business boom during the 1920s. More people had jobs, made money, and wanted to spend that money.
People were buying cars and needed plenty of gasoline to make them run...