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Immigration Into U.S.
The immigration into the US hits an all time peak with 8.8 million immigrants over 10 years from 1901-1910 -
First Auto Electric Start
The First Electric Self Start was installed in a Cadillac By GM. Up until this time, all cars needed to be started by cranking a starting handle which was hard work and caused multiple minor injuries when the car backfired during the starting process -
Sinking of the Titanic
The Titanic sets sail on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. The Titanic had been described as the worlds most luxurious floating hotel which is unsinkable, and was only 5 days out when she hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic with the loss of many lives. She struck an iceberg on Sunday, April 14th, and the ship's distress signal gave her position as Latitude 41º 46' N and Longitude 50º 14 W. -
The 16th Amendment
The 16th Amendment was ratified on February 3rd 1913, and said that Congress had been given the power to collect taxes on income without regard for a census or enumeration. Interestingly, the Supreme Court had declared the apportionment unconstitutional in 1894 . 'No taxation without representation -
The 17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment goes into effect changing US Senators being chosen by the Legislature to elections involving ordinary voters. -
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission was organized following the Federal Trade Commission Act in 1914. Its principal mission is the promotion of "consumer protection" and the elimination and prevention of what regulators perceive to be "anti-competitive" business practices. One of its roles is to enforce antitrust laws -
Start Of World War I
It was the alliances of 1914 that created the reasons for the Great War, with Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy's Triple Alliance being fairly contradictory to the other countries expanding empires. The Dardanelles situation was ongoing,and the Balkan's Crisis had made the Austria-Hungary redefine its territories' boundaries. Although there were a number of diplomatic moves and arbitration, Austria-Hungary had declared war on Serbia on July 28th .This had led to the Allied forces mobilization -
First US Income Tax
Congress passes the Revenue Act mandating the first tax on incomes over $3,000 -
World War I Christmas Truce
The soldiers of Germany, Russia, France, and Britain call a Christmas truce with soldiers crossing the area of no mans land calling out "Merry Christmas" in their enemies' native tongues. -
World War I
The British warship Formidable is hit on January 1st by the U-42 a German submarine the ship sinks into the waters of the English Channel, and 547 lives were lost
