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Immigration of 25 Million People
An estimated 25 Million immigrants made their way to the United States during this time period. -
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The Great Merger
The consolidation of over four-thousand companies into 257 collectives that shook the American industrial economy to its core. -
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War for Filipino Independence
The attempt at Filipino independence from American imperialism -
Boxer Rebellion
The foreign intervention in a series of native insurrections known as the Boxer Rebellion, initiated by the Boxer's attack on foreign embassies within the capitol. -
Lacey Act
A government act that banned the trade of illegally killed animals across state lines. -
Freedom of Panama
The American supported insurgency for Panama's independence -
Assasination of William McKinley
The assassination of President William McKinley by anarchist Leon Czolgosz -
Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President
The ascendancy of Theodore Roosevelt to presidency after McKinley's assassination -
Restrictions Regarding Socialism and Anarchism
New immigration restrictions regarding those immigrants that possessed either Socialist or Anarchist sympathies -
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The Rise of Women's Suffrage
The gradual rise of women's suffrage due to such organizations as the WTUL or the NASA. -
Disbandment of the Northern Security Company
The general separation of the Northern Security Company trust into its distinct parts. -
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Reinvigoration of the American Navy
The creation of eleven battleships in order to reinvigorate the navy -
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The Russo-Japanese War
A war between the Russians and the Japanese over a series of islands within the sea separating their twin nations. -
Occupation of Dominican Republic
The occupation of the Dominican Republic by United States marines -
The End of the Russo-Japanese War
The final end of the conflict between the Russians and the Japanese as officiated by the President Theodore Roosevelt, which won the American president the Nobel Peace Prize. -
The Jungle
The creation of Upton Sinclair's scathing book, dubbed the Jungle, that revealed the dangers of Chicago's meat-packing industry. -
Meat Inspection Act
An act proposed by Congress that detailed the thorough examination and investigation of meats and meat-packing industries. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
An act passed by Congress in response to the novel Jungle by Upton Sinclair that forced the examination of all food and pharmaceutical products. -
Hepburn Act
An act passed by President Theodore Roosevelt in an attempt to regulate the price and rules of railways. -
Suspension of Japanese Labor Immigration
The temporary suspension of the immigration of Japanese laborers into the United States due to the Gentleman's Agreement between the United States and the Japanese. -
Newer Ideals of Peace
The authorship of the book Newer Ideals of Peace by Jane Addams led to a revolution in the ideals of pacifism and globalized de-armament. -
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The Great White Fleet
A series of sixteen battleships that sailed the world -
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The Great White Fleet
A series of sixteen battleships that sailed the world -
The Iron Heel
The creation of one of Jack London's most infamous socialist works, describing the potential future Oligarchy that may potentially take power in the United States of America. -
The Davis Act
One of the dual acts that began the creation of the National Guard and a standing army. -
Election of President Taft
The election of President William Howard Taft. -
Revolt against Diaz
The revolt of the Mexican populace against the president Porfirio Diaz -
Inception of True Movie Stars
The beginning of the careers of actors such as Mary Pickford and Buster Keaton, initiating the public's obsession with those infamous Hollywood stars. -
Fire of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
A fire that destroyed the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and led to a plethora of reforms that swept the United States. -
Election of Woodrow Wilson
The election of United States President Woodrow Wilson -
Election of Woodrow Wilson
The election of United States President Woodrow Wilson -
Execution of President Francisco Madero
The execution of the democratic president Francisco Madero by the radical Victoriano Huerta -
The Damming of the Tuolumne River
One of the initial victories of the conservationists over the preservationists, allowing for an increased amount of power available to the city of San Francisco. -
Capture of Veracruz
The capture of the Mexican port city Veracruz in response to the arrest of United States sailors in the city of Tampico -
The Battle of the Frontiers
The French response to a series of German attacks in the immense Ardennes forest, an estimated 60,000 died in the first day of combat. -
The Battle of the Mons
The first battle involving British forces within the war, the rifle fire of the highly trained British infantry is at times compared with machine-gun fire. -
The First Battle of Ypres
An attempt by Anglo-French forces to stop the advancing German army from circumnavigating the Western defenses along the sea. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
An act passed by Woodrow Wilson in an attempt to shore up the faltering influences of the trust-breaker Theodore Roosevelt. -
Assasination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
The assassination of the Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand by the Serbian radical Gavrilo Princip. -
The Schlieffen Plan
The activation of a German military plan of assault that ordained the movement of the German military through Belgium while simultaneously launching an attack on both the French forces within the Ardennes forest and the French defenses surrounding Alsace-Lorraine. It was the failure of the German general leading the defense of the Alsace-Lorraine region to properly adhere to the Schlieffen plan that allowed for the plans failure. -
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The Great War
A world-wide conflict that shook society to its very core, considered one of the most brutal and horrific conflicts in the history of the world, filled with unimaginable pain and suffering -
The British Declaration of War
The official declaration of war by the British imperial government. -
Birth of a Nation
The rejuvenation of the Ku Klux Klan due to the influence of a blockbuster film known as Birth of a Nation -
The Destruction of the RMS Lusitania
The destruction of the transport ship known as the RMS Lusitania by German submarines. -
The Battle of Gallipoli
A failed British campaign against the Turks along the Bosphorus strait, led primarily by Anglo-Australian colonial forces. -
Pancho Villa's Raid
The Mexican insurgent Pancho Villa's raid on the American city of Columbia -
The Failed Capture of Pancho Villa
The failed attempt at capturing the Mexican insurrectionist Pancho Villa made by American general 'Black Jack' Pershing. -
The National Defense Act
One of the two acts that led to the creation of the National Guard and the later formation of a standing army. -
The Battle of the Somme
Another truly horrific battle of the war, begun due to a theory propagated by British General Douglas Haig that a large and continued assault on the German positions would be enough to wear down the German military and government into a position of surrender. The British thus began to launch a series of frontal attacks on German positions surrounding the river Somme, many of which resulted in horrific and devastating slaughters for the British infantry. -
Zimmerman Telegram
An attempt by the German government to ally with the Mexican government by promising the control lost territories such as New Mexico and Texas. -
The Battle of Verdun
One of the most brutal and horrific battles of the war, begun when the German's attempted an assault on the French heritage site of Verdun and lasting for almost six months. -
The Battle of Cambrai
The battle of Cambrai was an immense British offensive on German defenses surrounding the town of Cambrai, it was one of the first battles to contain tank warfare. -
The Battle of Passchendeale
A British military offensive against German defenses near Ypres, also known as the Third Battle of Ypres, begun due to Haig's continuing ideology, continual rain infamously turned the battlefield into an endless field of mud and bodies. The village and subsequent ridge were eventually taken by Anglo-Canadian colonial divisions. -
American Declaration of War
The American declaration of war against the German government. -
The Selective Service Act
An act passed by President Woodrow Wilson in order to formulate a plan for the drafting of United States citizens into the armed forces. -
The Espionage Act
The Espionage Act was passed in order to give law enforcement teeth in their battle against foreign spies. -
The Bolshevik Revolution
The revolution of Marxist communists known as Bolsheviks against the Russian Tsar. -
Introduction of Anti-Lynching Regulation
The introduction of regulations by Mississippi representative Leonidas Dyer in an attempt to curb the murder of African-Americans in the South. -
The Sedition Act
The Sedition Act was passed by the United States government in order to prevent public outcry and general dissidence against the war. -
The Sedition Act
The Sedition Act was passed by the United States government in order to prevent public outcry and general dissidence against the war. -
Operation Michael
A final assault by the German military on British defensive positions along the Western Front, sustained use of machine weapons and highly trained infantry known as Sturmtruppen allowed the Germans to break through initial Anglo-colonial defenses and reach the city of Amiens. It was at this city that the British managed to force the Germans back through a combination of sustained artillery fire and continued frontal assaults reminiscent of the Battle of the Somme. -
Armistice
The final end to one of the most brutal and horrific wars in all of human history, famously completed in a boxcar and filled with a variety of different polocies meant solely to force the Germans to pay for their actions. -
Women's Suffrage Amendment
The passage of an amendment to the Constitution that allowed for women to vote. -
Red Summer
A series of brutal civil-rights and immigration riots that lasted throughout the entirety of a summer. -
The High Point of the British Empire
The greatest extent to which the British empire expanded, at this point they now covered an upwards of 20% of the globe and almost 24% of its population. This empire was the largest empire in human history (with the Mongol empire holding the place of largest contiguous empire).