Period 7: 1890-1945 By jayrobertson Aug 28, 1867 United States annexed Midway Island https://www.papahanaumokuakea.gov/maritime/midway.html Oct 18, 1867 US purchases AK https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/purchase-of-alaska 1890 Progressive Era Begins Period: Jan 1, 1890 to Sep 2, 1945 Period 7 1890-1945 https://www.gilderlehrman.org/ap-us-history/period-7 Dec 29, 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/wounded-knee-massacre 1895 Coney Island: 1st Amusement Park opens https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/coney-timeline/ Feb 15, 1898 U.S.S. Maine explodes = Start of the War w/ Spain https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-maine-explodes Jul 7, 1898 Hawaii annexed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/annexation-of-hawaii Dec 10, 1898 3rd Treaty of Paris https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/treaty-of-paris-ends-spanish-american-war Dec 10, 1898 Spanish-American War ends https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-7/spanish-american-war/study-guide/oTnk4443gyjW9WwKdPbK Feb 4, 1899 Philippine-American War starts https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/philippine-american-war Jun 6, 1899 Hay releases Open Door Notes https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/open-door-notes 1900 U.S. obtains Samoa https://www.doi.gov/oia/islands/american-samoa#:~:text=American%20Samoa%20became%20a%20U.S.,an%20act%20of%20the%20Congress. Nov 3, 1900 McKinley re-elected president 1901 American Socialist Party formed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/socialist-party-of-america Sep 6, 1901 McKinley assassinated; TR becomes president https://apnews.com/today-in-history/september-6 Oct 3, 1902 TR intervenes in anthracite coal strike https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/coal-strike-in-pennsylvania-1901 1903 W. E. B. DuBois’ book of essays, Souls of Black Folk https://docsouth.unc.edu/church/duboissouls/summary.html#:~:text=Du%20Bois'%20The%20Souls%20of,literature%20and%20an%20American%20classic. 1903 Women's Trade Union League Formed Jun 16, 1903 Henry Ford founded ford motor company https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/united-states-history-since-1945/henry-ford Dec 17, 1903 Wright Bros. make 1st successful flight https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/wright-brothers 1904 Roosevelt Corollary announced https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/roosevelt-corollary-to-the-monroe-doctrine Nov 8, 1904 Teddy Roosevelt is elected president 1905 Niagra Movment founded https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/niagara-movement Feb 26, 1906 The Jungle published=passing of food reforms https://www.history.com/news/upton-sinclair-the-jungle-us-food-safety-reforms Jun 30, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/pure-food-and-drug-act Jun 30, 1906 Meat Inspection Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/meat-inspection-act Nov 5, 1908 William Howard Taft becomes president https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/william-howard-taft-event-timeline Feb 12, 1909 NAACP formed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/naacp Jan 21, 1910 Angel Island established https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/angel-island Mar 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire Aug 7, 1912 Teddy Roosevelt forms Bull Moose Party https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-resources/spotlight-primary-source/teddy-roosevelt-campaigns-third-term-1912 Nov 8, 1912 Woodrow Wilson elected President https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/woodrow-wilson-event-timeline 1913 17th Amendment ratified https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/17th-amendment Feb 3, 1913 16th Amendment ratified https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/16th-amendment Dec 23, 1913 Federal Reserve Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/federal-reserve-act Jun 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated; starting WWI https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/whp-1750/xcabef9ed3fc7da7b:unit-6-world-war-i/xcabef9ed3fc7da7b:6-1-origins-of-the-first-world-war/a/what-caused-the-first-world-war-beta Jul 1, 1914 Marcus Garvey creates UNIA https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/marcus-garvey Aug 15, 1914 Panama Canal opens https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/panama-canal-open-to-traffic Oct 15, 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act passed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/clayton-antitrust-act-of-1914 Feb 15, 1915 Birth of a Nation premiered https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/birth-of-a-nation-opens May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/sinking-of-the-lusitania 1916 Great Migration begins https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/great-migration May 4, 1916 The Sussex attacked = created the Sussex Pledge https://www.britannica.com/event/Sussex-Incident Nov 5, 1916 Wilson re-elected president Jan 17, 1917 Zimmermann telegram intercepted https://www.history.com/news/the-secret-history-of-the-zimmermann-telegram Feb 1, 1917 Germany violated the Sussex Pledge Apr 6, 1917 U.S. declares war on Germany = U.S. enters WW1 Nov 6, 1917 Bolshevik Revolution begins https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/bolshevik-revolution Jan 8, 1918 Wilson announces 14 points https://www.history.com/news/14-point-plan-woodrow-wilson-world-war-i Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles signed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/treaty-of-versailles Jul 27, 1919 Red Summer begins https://www.history.com/news/red-summer-1919-riots-chicago-dc-great-migration 1920 Progressive Era Ends 1920 Harlem Renaissance begins https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/3124543/edit Aug 18, 1920 19th amendment ratified https://apnews.com/today-in-history/august-18 Nov 2, 1920 1st comemercial radio station begins broadcasting https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/radio Nov 6, 1920 Warren Harding elected President https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/warren-harding 1921 Roaring 20s Begins May 31, 1921 Tulsa Massacre https://www.history.com/news/tulsa-massacre-black-wall-street-before-and-after-photos Nov 10, 1921 Margaret Sanger founded American Birth Control League https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/margaret-sanger 1922 Motion Picture Association founded Aug 3, 1923 Harding dies, Coolidge becomes president https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calvin-coolidge-takes-oath-of-office-after-hardings-death 1924 KKK reaches peak membership https://billofrightsinstitute.org/essays/the-ku-klux-klan-in-the-1920s May 26, 1924 Immigration Act passed https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/coolidge-signs-stringent-immigration-law 1925 F. Scott Fitzgerald publishes the Great Gatsby https://www.history.com/news/great-gatsby-roaring-twenties-fitzgerald-dark-side Jul 21, 1925 Scopes Trial decided https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/scopes-trial May 21, 1927 Charles Lindbergh makes solo transatlantic flight https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/lindbergh-lands-in-paris Aug 23, 1927 Sacco and Vanzetti executed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/sacco-and-vanzetti-trial 1928 Herbert Hoover elected president https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/president-hoover 1929 Roaring 20s ends Oct 29, 1929 Great Depression Begins= Black Tuesday= Stock Market Crashed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/stock-market-crash-of-1929 1930 Dust Bowl begins https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/dust-bowl Jan 30, 1930 Hitler comes to power in Germany Mar 25, 1931 Scottsboro Boys accused https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/scottsboro-boys 1932 Bonus Marchers came to Washington D.C. https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/bonus-march 1932 FDR elected president (1st Term) https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/ap-euro/franklin-roosevelt-is-elected-us-president Aug 24, 1932 Amelia Earhart becomes 1st woman to fly solo https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earhart-completes-transatlantic-flight 1933 First New Deal Legislation enacted https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-7/new-deal/study-guide/O8bvpnFSbBfiQMHlcl4D Mar 3, 1933 New Deal begins https://library.fiveable.me/apush/unit-7/new-deal/study-guide/O8bvpnFSbBfiQMHlcl4D Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps created https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/civilian-conservation-corps Dec 5, 1933 21st Amendment = Repealed 18th Amendment May 6, 1935 Works Progress Administration (WPA) created https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/works-progress-administration-wpa Aug 14, 1935 Social Security Act passed https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/social-security-act Aug 31, 1935 1st Neutrality Act passed https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-signs-neutrality-act 1936 Franklin Roosevelt Elected President (2nd Term) May 1, 1937 Last Neutrality Act Passed https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/neutrality-acts-1930s 1939 Great Depression ends 1939 New Deal Ends Sep 1, 1939 Germany invades Poland = WW2 Begins 1940 Franklin Roosevelt Elected President (3rd Term) Mar 11, 1941 Lend-lease plan https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/lend-lease-act Dec 7, 1941 Japan bombs Pearl Harbor = U.S. enters WW2 https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/japanese-attack-on-pearl-harbor 1942 C.O.R.E. founded https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/congress-of-racial-equality-core 1942 News of Holocaust reaches US https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/the-holocaust 1942 Battle of Midway https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/the-battle-of-midway Feb 19, 1942 Executive Order 9066 is signed https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/executive-order-9066 Dec 28, 1942 Manhattan Project begins https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/the-manhattan-project Feb 3, 1943 Battle of Stalingrad ends https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/battle-of-stalingrad Jun 9, 1943 Zoot Suit riots in LA https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/zoot-suit-riots 1944 Franklin Roosevelt Elected President (4th Term) Jun 6, 1944 D-Day https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/d-day Feb 4, 1945 Yalta Conference https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/yalta-conference Apr 12, 1945 FDR dies; Truman becomes president https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-dies May 8, 1945 V-E day https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/victory-in-europe Jul 16, 1945 Trinity test, the first successful detonation of an atomic bomb https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/trinity-site Aug 6, 1945 U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima https://apnews.com/today-in-history/august-6 Aug 9, 1945 2nd A-bomb dropped on Nagasaki https://library.fiveable.me/key-terms/apush/atomic-bombs Dec 10, 1945 ENIAC, World's 1st Automatic Digital Computer, Introduced https://www.simslifecycle.com/blog/2022/the-journey-of-eniac-the-worlds-first-computer/