1900-1920

By CatherineC

  • President Mckinley assination

    William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    After McKinley's assignation, vice president Theodore Roosevelt takes office.

  • The First airplane

    The Wright brothers invented, built and flew the first aircraft.

  • San Fransisco Earthquake

    500 dead or missing and destroys about almost half the city of San Francisco.

  • Inaguration of 1909

    William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president.

  • 1913 presidential inaguration

    Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th president.

  • 17th ammendment

    Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures.
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    WWI

    World War I: U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Wilson's second inauguration.

  • Armistice

    Armistice ending World War I is signed.

  • League of Nations

    League of Nations meets for the first time.

  • 18th ammendment

    Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor.

  • 19th ammendment

    Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I