Period 7: Help By DowntownRB Mar 8, 1877 railroad strike Jan 1, 1893 Ovethrow of Hawaii Period: Jan 1, 1893 to Jan 1, 1948 Period 7 Mar 8, 1896 Plessy vs Ferguson Jan 1, 1898 Spanish American War Jan 1, 1898 Annexation of Hawaii Jan 1, 1900 Boxer Rebellion Chinese nationalists attacked christian missionaries. Jan 1, 1901 US leaves Cuba Jan 1, 1901 Theo Roosevelt was elected Mar 8, 1903 Elkins Act Mar 8, 1906 Pure Food and Drug Acts Feb 8, 1915 German Blockade Mar 8, 1916 The Sinking of the Sussex Mar 8, 1917 Zimmermann Telgram Mar 8, 1917 Selective Service Act Apr 2, 1917 Declaration of War Apr 2, 1917 America's Declaration of War Mar 8, 1920 19nth Amendment Mar 8, 1920 Wages Rose Oct 1, 1929 Stock Market Crash Mar 8, 1930 Harlem Renaissance Mar 9, 1930 Hawley Smoot Tariff Mar 9, 1932 Worst Year of the Depression Mar 9, 1933 Bank Holiday Mar 9, 1935 Social Security Act Mar 9, 1935 Ethiopia Period: Mar 9, 1935 to Mar 9, 1937 Neutrality Acts Mar 9, 1936 Election of Theodore Roosevelt part 2 Mar 9, 1936 Nullify Platt Amendment Mar 9, 1936 Rhineland Mar 9, 1937 China Mar 9, 1938 Sudentland Mar 9, 1940 Selective Service Act