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History 1900-1920

  • Leading Manufacturer

    Leading Manufacturer

    The United States becomes the world's leading manufacturing nation.
  • The Socialist Party of America

    The Socialist Party of America

    The Socialist Party of America is founded.
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    Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt is elected president.
  • President McKinley is Assassinated

    President McKinley is Assassinated

    Killed in Buffalo, New York by Leon Czolgosz.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act

    Act passed after Upton Sinclair published "The Jungle".
  • Hepburn Act

    Hepburn Act

    Made to regulate and control the power of the railroads.
  • Gentleman's Agreement of 1907

    Gentleman's Agreement of 1907

    An agreement with Japan which said that Japanese immigrants could not enter the U.S.
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    William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft is elected as president.
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    Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson is elected as president.
  • World War 1 Begins

    World War 1 Begins

    World War 1 begins after the assassination of an Austrian archduke.
  • Panama Canal Opened

    Panama Canal Opened

    Work had begun on the Panama Canal 10 years.
  • Lusitania Sinks

    Lusitania Sinks

    The Lusitania is torpedoed by German U-boats, killing 1,198 people.
  • America Joins WW1

    America Joins WW1

    America declares war on Germany. The Zimmerman telegram, which was sent between Germany and Mexico, was one of the reasons they entered the war.
  • Spanish Flu Begins

    Spanish Flu Begins

    About 50 million people died because of it, while in WW1 about 16 million died.
  • World War 1 Ends

    World War 1 Ends

    World War 1 was called the "war to end all wars".
  • The Eighteenth Amendment

    The Eighteenth Amendment

    The Eighteenth Amendment made alcohol illegal to make or sell.
  • 19th Amendment is Ratified

    19th Amendment is Ratified

    American Women now have the right to vote.