Progressive Movement By bb18334 Mar 31, 1889 Effle Tower opened to visitors Nov 3, 1896 Williiam McKinley is elected president Dec 12, 1898 Marie Curie Discovers radium Oct 11, 1899 Boer War in South Africa begins Nov 6, 1900 William McKinley Reelected Jan 1, 1901 Commonwealth of Australia is created Sep 6, 1901 McKinley assasinated and Theodore Roosevelt becomes president Nov 8, 1904 Roosevelt Elected President Nov 3, 1908 William H. Taft is elected president Feb 12, 1909 W.E.B, Du Bois helps found the NAACP Feb 12, 1912 China's Qin dynasty topples Nov 5, 1912 Woodrow Wilson elected president Jan 12, 1919 Gandhi becomes leader of the independence movement in India Jan 16, 1919 Eighteenth Amendment outlaws alcoholic beverages Aug 18, 1920 Nineteenth amendment gives women the right to vote
