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America: 1900 to 1920
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Frank L. Barum publishes, The Wizard of Oz
A famous childrens story, written by Baum, published by George M. Hill Company in Chicago. The origonal book was a 259 page long book, mainly about a girl who gets lost because of a tornado. -
Assassination of Presedent McKinley
The president of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th president of the United States. -
The film "The Great Train Robbery" was released.
On December 1, 1903 the film was first released. It lasted a whole twelve months. The film was a milestone in film making. -
The Wright brothers make theire first flight
The Wright brothers polited the powerd airplane 20 feet above a wind swept beach in North Carolina. -
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
On Feburary 28, 1906, Upton Sinclair published The Jungle. THe book discussed how dead rats were shoveled into sausage grinding machines; how bribed inspectors looked the other way when diseased cows were slaughtered for beef, and how guts and flifth was swept off and packaged and labled as "Potted Ham". -
San Francisco Earthquake
On April 18, 1906. the San Francisco Earthquake occured. It was a major Earthquake that struck San Fransciso and the coast of of Northern California at 5:12 AM. The result of the earthquake was 3,000 people were found dead and over 80% of San Francisco was destroyed. Known as the worst national disasters in the history of the United States. -
Roosevelt Panic
Also know as the 1907 Bankers Panic, it was a major finacial crisis that accured in the United Stetes. When Ney York stock exchange fell almost 50%. -
NAACP is founded
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, made to help the colored people with their rights. -
The election of Howard Taft
27th Presedent of the United States, served in many diffrent positions of the goverment before he became Presedent. -
Triangle Waistshirt Company Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York. -
Standars Oil's monopoly is dissolved.
The company was busted by the court in 1911. They were a major oil company from 1870-1911. -
The sinking of the Titanic
The Titanic was the largest ship to set sail at this time period. Major event because of the people who dies, and was made into a award winning film. -
Woodrow Wilson, Elected 28th Presedent
28th presedent of the united states, took office over Taft, was also the 34th governer of New Jersey. -
The Panama Canal was finished
The Panama Canal made trade rounts a lot shoreter. Making it so you did not need need to go all the way around South America to get to the other side of the united states by water. -
Worl War 1 starts
World War I was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. -
The sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was torpidoed by a german ship. 123 Americans dies witht he sinking of the ship. -
United States enters World War 1
Under the command of Major General John J. Pershing, more than 2 million U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France. -
18th amendment (Prohibition)
The 18th amedment established the proabition of alchol beverages in the United States. -
19th Admendment (Womens Suffrage)
19th Admendment prohbits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote. -
World war 1 ends with Treaty of Versailles
a peace treaty that ender the state of war etween Germany and the Allied forces. The fighting stoped on Novemer 11, ut it took six months to decide on the peace treaty.
