American History II Timeline Events

SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR

Apr 21, 1898

U.S. DECLARED WAR AGAINST SPAIN

U.S. ANNEXES HAWAII

Jul 7, 1898

ONCE ANNEXED BY THE U.S. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS REMAINED A U.S. TERRITORY UNTIL 1959

NAACP FOUNDED

Feb 12, 1909

A civil rights organization to fight prejudice, lynching, and Jim Crow segregation, and to work for the betterment of “people of color.”

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE

May 19, 1919

IS THE RIGHT OF WOMEN TO VOTE IN ELECTIONS

PROHIBITION

Jan 17, 1920

BAN ON THE PRODUCTION, IMPORTATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND SALE OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES