The West, Imperialism & Industrialization By jeremyeve Period: Jul 21, 1878 to Jul 21, 1920 The West, Imperialism & Industrialization Dec 21, 1879 Electric light perfected Mar 4, 1881 James A. Garfield inaugurated President Jul 2, 1881 Assassination of Garfield. Dies September 19. Chester A. Arthur becomes President Mar 4, 1885 Grover Cleveland becomes President Oct 6, 1886 Statue of Liberty unveiled, New York Mar 4, 1889 Benjamin Harrison becomes President Apr 22, 1889 Oklahoma opened to settlers Mar 4, 1897 William McKinley becomes President Feb 15, 1898 Destruction of the Maine at Havana Apr 21, 1898 Spanish American War May 1, 1898 Battle of Manila Jul 1, 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill Jul 7, 1898 Annexation of Hawaii Dec 10, 1898 Treaty with Spain signed at Paris Sep 9, 1900 Great disaster at Galveston, Texas Dec 10, 1900 Boxer Rebellion Sep 6, 1901 President McKinley shot by an assassin. Dies on September 14. Theodore Roosevelt becomes President. May 12, 1902 The Great Anthracite Coal Strike Mar 17, 1903 Panama Canal Treaty Jul 4, 1903 Pacific Cable completed Jul 26, 1908 Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) established Aug 12, 1908 Ford Model T marketed Mar 4, 1909 William Howard Taft becomes president Mar 4, 1913 Woodrow Wilson becomes president Jan 17, 1917 U.S. Virgin Islands purchased from Denmark Apr 6, 1917 US enters World War I Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles end of WWI
