Tech Project #2 1900-1920 By Davidpinilla Period: 1899 to 1902 Boer War 1901 President William McKinley assassinated 1901 U.S. Steel Corporation formed 1903 U.S. signs Panama Canal treaty 1903 First airplane in U.S. Period: 1904 to 1905 Russo-Japanese War 1905 Flatation Building First skyscraper in U.S dedicated. 1905 Niagara Movement founded by W.E.B. DuBois 1906 First African-American university fraternity founded 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 Meat Inspection Act 1908 New York Film Review board established. 1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People founded. 1909 Federal Income Tax begins with 16th Amendment to the Constitution. Period: 1909 to 1910 Ballinger-Pinchot dispute over Hetch-Hetchy 1910 Mann-Etkins Act Period: 1910 to 1920 Mexican Revolution 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire 1912 New York establishes minimum wage 1912 Election of Woodrow Wilson Period: 1912 to 1913 First and Second Balkan Wars 1913 Department of Labor established 1913 Henry Ford introduces conveyer belt in factory 1913 Federal Reserve Act 1914 Direct Election of Senators established with 17th Amendment. 1914 The End of Progressivism Period: 1914 to 1918 World War 1 1915 KKK revived 1915 Lusitania sunk, U.S. intervened Period: 1915 to 1918 Armenian Genocide 1916 Germany issues Sussex pledge. 1917 Russian Revolution 1918 Treaty of Versailles Period: 1918 to 1921 Russian Civil War 1919 Red Scare 1919 Eighteenth Amendment prohibits alcoholic beverages. Period: 1919 to 1921 Irish War of independence 1920 Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote. 1920 First radio station in Pittsburgh