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Wizard of Oz
Frank Baum publishes the Wizard of Oz -
McKinely's Assassination
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Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the US -
Wright Brother's first flight
The successful flight of one of Wilburs and Orville's gliders -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
made the public concerned about the quality of meat being packaged along with the horrible conditions of the workers -
San Fransico Earthquake
The city was demolished leaving 3000 people dead -
Roosevelt Panic
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. -
NAACP Founded
Civil rights organization that pushed for equality and voter mobilization -
Howard Taft
Taft becomes the 27th president of the US -
Triangle Waistshirt Company Fire
Industrial disaster in NYC. 146 workers died due to the doors being locked to reduce breaks causing many workers to jump from the building -
Standard Oil monopoly is dissolved
Supreme court put a stop to Rockefeller owing 88% of the oil market -
Sinking of the Titanic
Over 3,000 people died when the "unsinkable" Titanic hit an iceberg and sank -
Woodrow Wilson
Wilson is elected the 28th president of the US -
Panama Canal Finished
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 -
World War I begins
Triggered by the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria. Plunged Europe into the largest war in history -
Sinking of the Lusitania
Enemy U-boats torpedoed the Lusitania killing almost 2,000. -
United States enters WWI
US joins the Allies -
World War 1 Ends
Germany surrendered and the treaty of Versailles is signed -
19th Amendment
Women's suffrage
equal voting rights to women -
18th Amendment
Prohibition
the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol are illegal