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Plessy V. Ferguson
The Supreme court decided that segregation of white people and black people was permitted under the Constitution. They made that happen as long as both races were given equal facilities. -
Spanish-American War
The war lasted from April 25-August 12, 1898. It resulted in the United States gaining Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Supreme Court decided that a child born in the United States but have Chinese parents iss an American citizen. They also can not be deported by the Chinese-Exclusion Act. -
The Literary Digest
The Literary Digest wrote about the bicycle always being more popular than the horseless carriage. It said "The ordinary horseless carriage is at present a luxury for the wealthy; and although its price will fall in the future, it will never, of course, come into as common use as the bicycle." -
U.S Steel
The corporation, U.S Steel is organized. It eventually became United States' very first billion dollar corporation. -
President William McKinley is shot
President William McKinley is shot iand later dies on September 14. He was shot in Buffalo, New York by Leon Czolgosz. Leon Czolgosz was an anarachist. Theodore Roosevelt takes the presidential position. -
United Mine Workers Strike
The United Mine Workers plan a strike against anthracite coal mine operators. President Roosevelt created a commission to demolish the settlement. -
The Wright Brothers
One of the brothers, Orville Wright, made the first successful flight. He was flying in a powered aircraft and it lasted 12 seconds. It happened in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
Roosevelt Corollary
President Theodore Roosevelt announces the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine. The Roosevelt Corollary was about the rights to have military in outside countries, like Latin America. -
The Supreme Court strikes down New York Law
The Supreme Court rejected a law in New York that prohibited a banker from employing a person more than 60 hours a week or 10 hours a day. They ruled that it interfered with freedom of contract. -
International Workers of the World is formed
Socialists and laborers form the International Workers of the World, also know as the Wobblies in Chicago. Big Bill Haywood proclaimed the meeting "the Continental Congress of the working class. The goals of the organization were to put the working class in possession of economic power. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act banned the sale of adulterated foods and drugs. They also addressed, on the same day, the problems with contaminated and mislabeled meat. Congress passed the Meat Inspection Act providing for enforcement of sanitary regulations in the meat-packing industry. -
The Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet, which included sixteen battleships, set sail for an around the world cruise. -
New York City Movie Theatres
New York City takes away the licenses of the city's movie theaters. They returned them only when the theaters agreed to not show immoral films. -
The Niagra Movement
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is formed by a biracial group of religious leaders and humanitarians. The organization wanted equal civil, political, and educational rights, and enforcement of the 14th and 15th Amendments. -
White Slavery
The Mann Act states that it is illegal to transport women across state lines, or bring them into the United States for immoral purposes. They close Red Light districts in ten citites. -
New Nationalism Speech
Theodore Roosevelt gives this speech and lays out his commitment to conservation, a graduated income tax, regulation of trusts, and the rights of labor. -
Immigrant Women are Killed
146 Jewish and Italian immigrant women are killed in a fire at New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company. -
Titanic
The Titanic sinks south of Newfoundland and about 1,500 of 2,200 passengers and crew members drown. -
The 16th Amendment
The 16th amendment allows an income tax. The federal income tax levies a tax of 1 percent on incomes above $3,000 for single individuals and above $4,000 for married couples. A 1 percent surtax is imposed on incomes above $20,000 rising to 6 percent on those above $500,000. -
Watchful Waiting
President Wilson refuses to recognize the Mexican government of General Victoriano Huerta. That is because his agents had assassinated President Francio Madero in February. -
The Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission is created to keep away monopolies and unfair business practices. -
Erich Muenter Commits Suicide
Erich Muenter committed suicide after detonating a bomb in the U.S. Senate reception room and shooting financier J. Pierpont Morgan. He was a German instructor at Cornell University. -
Peace Ship
In an effort to end World War I, Henry Ford creates a "Peace Ship". -
Adamson Eight-Hour Act
The Adamson Eight-Hour Act states an 8-hour work day in the railroad industry to help keep away a nationwide railroad strike. -
Zimmermann Telegram
The Associated Press publishes the "Zimmermann Telegram". It proposed a German alliance with Mexico and promised Mexico recovery of lost territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. -
Espionage Act
Congress passes the Espionage Act. It provides for a $10,000 fine and 20 years in prison for anyone who encourages disloyalty or interferes with the draft. Over 1,500 people were charged with violations of the law. -
14 Point Plan
President Woodrow Wilson gives his 14 Point plan for a lasting peace. It states about open peace treaties without secret agreements; freedom of the seas; arms reductions, and establishment of a League of Nations. French Prime Minister Clemenceau responds: "Even God Almighty has only ten." -
The Versailles Peace Treaty
The treaty ends World War I and strips Germany of land and natural resources. It mandates steep reductions in the size of the Germany army and navy and levies punitive reparations later set at $32 billion. -
The Senate and The League of Nations
The Senate votes 49-35 to join the League of Nations, seven votes short of the two-thirds vote necessary for ratification. They were certain they had been defeated when President Wilson told his supporters to vote down a League bill with Republican amendments attached.
