20th centuray

  • open door policy

    open door policy
    secretary of state john hay, starts mutual trade with chinese
  • boxer rebellion

    western against chinese influence
  • Hepburn Act

    Hepburn Act
    gave interstate commerance commsion right to maximum railroad rates
  • federal reserve system

    federal reserve system
    result of investigation of money trust / panic 1907, US gov't gains control of money supply, intrest rates
  • federal trade commissions

    federal trade commissions
    inverstigates corporations violations antitrust laws
  • birth of a nation

    birth of a nation
    1st full length silent movie glorifies the KKK
  • influenza epidemic

    influenza epidemic
    600,000 in US in 10 months(1 in 200 Americans die)
  • WWI ends/ treaty of Versailles

    WWI ends/ treaty of Versailles
    WW1 ends, US didnt sighntreaty of versailles , wilson was for. congress and lodge were against and after war U.S went back to isolationism
  • 18th amendement

    18th amendement
    prohibition bans manufacturing, distribution and sale of alchol
  • 19th amendmnt

    19th amendmnt
    womens suffrage right to vote