AP Lang Time Period Project

Spanish American War

Period: Apr 1, 1898 to Aug 1, 1898

Gave US Puerto Rico

Treaty of Paris

Aug 12, 1898

Spain gave up all American colonies / territories

Open Door Notes

Sep 6, 1899

US's 20th century foreign policy

Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine

1904

International intervention

President Roosevelt elected

Nov 8, 1904

26th president of the USA

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

Prevented sale of poisonous / dangerous food

16th Amendment ratified

Feb 3, 1913

Congress can tax income

Department of Labor established

Mar 4, 1913

Responsibility for worker safety

Federal Trade Commision Act

Sep 26, 1914

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

Sep 1, 1916

Prohibited sales of products made in child factories

Wilson’s Fourteen Points

Jan 8, 1918

Treaty of Versailles - June 28, 1919

Jun 28, 1919

Ended World War I

19th Amendment ratified

Aug 18, 1920

Allowed all people to votes no matter what