US timeline : 1900-1920

By m.stan03

  • McKinley's assassination

    shot in Buffalo, NY. Died 8 days later of his wounds

  • The Wright Brothers

    A pair of brothers, the Wright brothers, invent and fly the first controlled flight in an aircraft at Kitty Hawk.

  • Woodrow Wilson inaugurated

    28th president

  • Panama Canal opens

  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sunk by German U-boats; one of the final straws of declaring war on Germany.

  • Jeannette Rankin

    first elected woman to the House of Representatives - Montana
  • Period: to

    World War I

    US entered in April of 1917; ended with the treaty of Versailles

  • Influenza

    The Influenza epidemic kills nearly 20 million by 1920

  • 19th amendment ratified

    "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation" - 19th amendment