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Transcontinental Railroad Completed
For the first time, railroads connect the entire country, from coast to coast. -
Pendleton Act Passed
Congress passes the Pendleton Act, fighting against patronage. -
Steel Output Increases
The United States overtakes Britain as largest producer of stell, thanks in large part to industrialist Andrew Carnegie. -
Theodore Roosevelt Elected
Nation votes in Theodore Roosevelt, who would end up being a champion of progressive reforms. -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair write groundbreaking novel "The Jungle", exemplifying horrors in the meat packing industry and causing public outrage. -
Federal Reserve System
Taft creates the Federal Reserve System as a benchmark of Progressive economic ideals. -
Prostitution Widely Illegal
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union lobbies to make prostitution widely illegal, rather than widely legal as it was before. -
Prohibition Begins
The Eighteenth Amendment prohibits alcohol in the United States; actual consumption only drops by half. -
Nineteenth Amendment Passed
The congress ratifies the nineteenth amendment, granting suffrage to women federally. -
Prohibition Fails
The Twenty First Amendment repeals the Eighteenth and Alcohol is once again legal.
