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Frank Baum publishes the Wizard of Oz
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Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the US
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The successful flight of one of Wilburs and Orville's gliders
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Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
made the public concerned about the quality of meat being packaged along with the horrible conditions of the workers -
The city was demolished leaving 3000 people dead
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NYC stock exchange dropped %50 causing many US banks to go bankrupt. The Knickerbocker trust collapsed and people began to panic and pull their money from the banks.
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Civil rights organization that pushed for equality and voter mobilization
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Taft becomes the 27th president of the US
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Industrial disaster in NYC. 146 workers died due to the doors being locked to reduce breaks causing many workers to jump from the building
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Supreme court put a stop to Rockefeller owing 88% of the oil market
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Over 3,000 people died when the "unsinkable" Titanic hit an iceberg and sank
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Wilson is elected the 28th president of the US
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Cut the time to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific in half. Brought economic growth to the US west coast and nations along the Pacific
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Triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Plunged Europe into the largest war in history
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Enemy U-boats torpedoed the Lusitania killing almost 2,000.
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US joins the Allies
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Germany surrendered and the treaty of Versailles is signed
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Women's suffrage
equal voting rights to women -
Prohibition
the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol are illegal