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United States Steel
This is the world's first billion dollar company. -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president
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President William McKinley was assassinated
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Ford company was founded
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The Jungle
It was novel written by Upton Sinclair in 1906 dramatizing the experiences of a Lithuanian immigrant family who moved to Chicago to work in the stockyards. -
William Taft becomes president
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Triangle Shirtwaist company fire
The factory caught on fire trapping all workers inside. The managers locked the doors so no one could take a break. The factory burnt down and killed about 150 people injuring about 50 others. -
Bull Moose Party
Teddy Roosevelt left the Republican Party and formed his own coalition called the Bull Moose Party. -
The Titanic Sunk
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Woodrow Wilson becomes president
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The Panama Canal is finished
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World War l
It toppled empires, created new nations, and sparked tensions that would explode across future years. The U.S. entered the conflict in 1917 and was never the same. The war proved the United States’ potential as a global military power, and it advanced but then beat back American progressivism by unleashing vicious waves of repression. It laid the groundwork for a global depression, a second world war, and an entire history of national, religious, and cultural conflict around the globe. -
The Lusitania was sunk
The sinking of this luxury liner taking over a hundred American lives raised the public's cry for war against Germany. -
Selective Service Act
The act required men from ages 21 to 30 to register for compulsory military. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment is passed giving all women the right to vote. -
The Treaty of Versailles
Woodrow Wilson creates the Treaty of Versailles which forces Germany to take blame for WWI and bring peace to all countries involved. The United States never signed the treaty.