American History 1900-1920

By JennySwaim15

  • Gold Standard Act

    Gold established as the only standard for redeeming paper money

  • Theodore Roosevelt became 26th President

    Became 26th president after the assassination of President McKinley

  • Ford Motor Company formed

    Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI

  • Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

    The Corollary stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to insure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere would fulfill their obligations to international creditors

  • Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act

    Gave the U.S. government jurisdiction over food in interstate commerce

  • Ford Model T

    Henry Ford introduces his first Model T car

  • Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil

    Supreme Court orders the dissolution of Standard Oil Company claiming it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act

  • Arizona admitted as a state

    Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state

  • World War 1 begins

    World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    A secret communication between Germany and Mexico proposing a military alliance between the two countries

  • US enters WW1

    United States enters World War 1 because the German's decided to resume the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and because of the Zimmerman telegram

  • Treaty of Versailles ends WW1

    Germany and the Allied Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles which formally ended WW1