1900-1920

By Micahlcobb

  • Teddy Roosevelt becomes president

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes president after William McKinley's assassination

  • Radio broadcasting

    First broadcast of transmission of ordinary speech and music to sailing ships from Brandt Rock

  • World War I begins

    War between the Central Powers (Austria-Hungary, Germany, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire) and the allied powers (Serbia, Russia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium and the United States)

  • Germans sink RMS Lusitania

    German submarines sank the RMS Lusitania killing over 100 Americans in raising desire for war

  • National defense act

    Gave the president the authority to mobilize national guard in case of emergency

  • Pancho Villa Raids Columbus

    Poncho Villa rated to Columbus New Mexico killing 17 Americans in burning down the town center

  • United States join World War I

    United joins the allies to fight in World War I

  • Flu epidemic

    Almost 700,000 Americans died in a flu epidemic between 1918 and 1920