Progressive Era Timeline By allyharris34 Jan 16, 1883 Passing of Pendleton Civil Service Act 1885 Patent Year of the Comptometer Jul 2, 1890 Passing of Sherman Anti Trust Act May 21, 1892 Publication of “Lynch Law in all its Phases” By Ida B. Wells May 11, 1894 Pullman Strike Sep 18, 1895 Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech Sep 14, 1901 Elected Day of President Theodore Roosevelt Jun 30, 1906 Passing of Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act Oct 1, 1908 First Model T Automobile Dec 17, 1908 First Airplane Flight Feb 12, 1909 Founding of NAACP by W.EB DuBois Mar 4, 1909 Elected Day of President William Howard Taft Mar 25, 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1913 Passing of 16th Amendment Mar 3, 1913 Washington D.C Suffrage Parade Mar 4, 1913 Elected Day of President Woodrow Wilson Apr 8, 1913 Passing of 17th Amendment Apr 20, 1914 Ludlow Massacre 1917 “Night of Terror” suffrage arrests 1919 First “Silent Sentinel” Protest Jan 16, 1919 Passing of 18th Amendment Jun 4, 1919 Passing of 19th Amendment Nov 2, 1920 First Commercial radio station broadcast
