Progressive & Imperialism Timeline By loganakb20PH Jan 1, 1853 Matthew Perry takes warships to Tokyo Bay Jan 1, 1881 Presidency of James Garfield & Presidency of Chester Arthur Jan 1, 1885 Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 1) Jan 1, 1889 Presidency of Benjamin Harrison Jan 1, 1890 Alfred T. Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power & Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives Jan 1, 1893 Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 2) & Americans overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii Jan 1, 1895 Cuban rebels declare Cuba an independent Republic of Cuba Jan 1, 1897 Presidency of William McKinley Jan 1, 1898 U.S.S. Maine sinks in the Havana Harbor & U.S. declares war on Spain Jan 1, 1899 Secretary of State John Hay sends note on Open Door Policy in China Jan 1, 1901 President McKinley is assassinated & Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt & American troops capture Filipino resistance leader Emilio Aguinaldo Jan 1, 1902 T. Roosevelt supports passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act Jan 1, 1903 Construction of the Panama Canal begins Jan 1, 1905 W.E.B DuBois and other African American leaders launch the Niagara Movement Jan 1, 1906 Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle & Pure Food and Drug Act passed Jan 1, 1909 Presidency of William H. Taft & N.A.A.C.P is founded Jan 1, 1912 W. Taft establishes the Children’s Bureau Jan 1, 1913 Presidency of Woodrow Wilson & 17th Amendment requires direct election of senators & Federal Reserve Act Jan 1, 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act Jan 1, 1920 19th Amendment grants women’s suffrage