1900 - 1920

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  • U.S. Population exceeded 75 million

  • U.S. helped put down the Boxer Rebellion

  • William McKinley Reelected to U.S. Presidency

  • U.S. Steel Founded

    Founded By J.P. Morgan

  • President McKinley Assassinated

  • Newlands Reclamation Act

    Allowed the U.S. government to commission irrigation projects in the far west.

  • Department of Commerce and Labor created

    Established in an attempt to rein in big businesses in the United States.

  • Ford Motor Company Established

    This company was Established by Henry Ford.

  • First World Series

    The first world series was held in Boston and pitted the Boston Americans against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

  • Theodore Roosevelt Elected President

  • Theory of Relativity published by Albert Einstein

  • Pure Food and Drug and Meat Inspection Acts Passed

    Regulated the commercial food industry

  • Oklahoma Established as a State

  • Bureau of Investigation established

    This was the predecessor to the FBI.

  • William Howard Taft elected President

  • Ford T. Modal put on the market

  • NAACP founded

    The organization was founded by W. E. B. Du Buois

  • The Supreme Court Broke up Standard Oil

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Killed nearly 150 people.

  • New Mexico and Arizona Established as States

  • Period: to

    RMS Titanic Sunk

  • Theodore Roosevelt Shot

    He survived the attack.

  • Vice President Sherman Died

    James S. Sherman

  • Woodrow Wilson Elected President

  • The 16th Amendment Passed

    Gave Congress the right to impose a Federal income tax.

  • 17th Amendment passed

    Allowed voters to vote directly for U.S. Senators.

  • Henry Ford Developed the Assembly Line

    Used the production method to quickly and efficiently assemble automobiles.

  • Clayton Antitrust Act passed

    This act was passed to clarify points of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890

  • Federal Trade Commission Established

    It was meant to prevent unfair competition in commerce.

  • RMS Lusitania sunk

    The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine off the coast of Ireland.

  • Jeanette Rank became the first women elected to U.S. congress

  • Adamson Railway Labor Act Passed

    Established an 8 hour workday and overtime for railroad workers

  • President Wilson Reelected President

  • Zimmermann Telegram

    A German proposal to ally with Mexico when and if the United States entered into World War I.
  • Period: to

    First Red Scare

  • The United States acquired the Virgin Islands

  • U.S. purchased Virgin Islands from Denmark

  • U.S. Entered World War I

    The U.S. came to the aid of its allies Britain, France, and Russia in World War I.

  • Espionage and Sedition Acts

    These acts allowed the government to prosecute people who publicly denigrated the war.

  • Republican party wins the midterm election, regaining a Congressional majority

  • Armistice agreement ended World War I

    The Armistice took place between the Allies and Germany.

  • treaty of Versailles rejected by the United States

  • United States opted out of the League of Nation

  • Period: to

    Treaty of Versailles

    Forced Germany to pay reparations to the allies.

  • Depression of 1920-1921 begins

  • Warren G. Harding Elected President

  • 19th Amendment passed

    This Amendment gave women the right to vote