1900-1920

By kendelkrutsch

  • Theodore Roosevelt becomes President

    Theodore Roosevelt is elected as the 26th United States president at age 43.
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    The Panama Canal is built

    President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the long term U.S. goal of an isthmian canal.

  • The Hepburn Act

    The Hepburn Act of 1906 granted the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction.

  • Woodrow Wilson becomes President

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    World War I

    World War I began in 1914 after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife.

  • The KKK is revived

    D.W. Griffith's controversial 1915 film about the Civil War and Reconstruction portrayed the Ku Klux Klan as saviors. The film helped rekindle the KKK.

  • Germany Issues Sussex pledge

    Germany agreed to give a warning before sinking merchant and passenger ships to provide safely for crew and passengers.

  • The Representation of the People Act 1918

    White women are allowed to vote in the passing of the 19th amendment.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    The most important treaty that required Germany to disarm and pay reparations to countries that had formed the Entente powers.