Timeline

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  • Frank L. Baum publishes the Wizard of Oz

    Frank L. Baum publishes the Wizard of Oz

    Chronicles the adventures of a young girl named Dorothy Gale in the Land of Oz.
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  • Assassination of President Mckinley

    Assassination of President Mckinley

    The Presendint of the United States, William Mckinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan american Expositon in Buffalo, New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of theUnited States.
  • The film "The Great Train Robbery" is released

    The film "The Great Train Robbery" is released

    Bandits take over a locomotive and kill the engineers and force the passengers off the train.
  • The Wright Brothers make their first flight

    The Wright Brothers make their first flight

    The Wright Brothers piloted the first airplane 20 feet above a wind swept beach.
  • Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle

    Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle

    An immigrant to the U.S. trying to make ends meet.
  • San Francisco Earthquake

    San Francisco Earthquake

    One of the most significant earthquakes of all time.
  • Roosevelt Panic

    Roosevelt Panic

    The panic was triggered by the failed attempt to corner the market on stock of the Untited States Copper Company
  • NAACP is founded

    NAACP is founded

    Objective was to ensure political, educational, and social and economic equality and eliminate race prejudice.
  • Howard Taft elected 27th President of the United States

    Howard Taft elected 27th President of the United States

    wad president of the U.S. from march 1909-1913
  • Triangle Waistshirt Company Fire

    Triangle Waistshirt Company Fire

    second deadlest disaster in New York City the fire killed 146 female works
  • Standard Oil's monopoly is dissolved

    Standard Oil's monopoly is dissolved

    Standard oil was broken up by the U.S. Supreme Court
  • Sinking of the Titanic

    Sinking of the Titanic

    The ship collided with an iceburg bowfirst on her maden voage.
  • Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th President of the United States

    Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th President of the United States

    Woodrow was part of the progressive movment and president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910
  • Work finished on the Panama Canal

    Work finished on the Panama Canal

    It is no longer necessary for ships to sail around the canal
  • World War I begins

    World War I begins

    war between the allies and the other world powers.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    sunk by a German U boat 11 miles off the southern Coast of ireland.
  • United States enters WW1

    United States enters WW1

    World War 1 was between the German Empire, British and the French, Italy Ottoman Empire one Hungarion Empire vs. the Allies
  • World War I ends with Treat of Versailles

    World War I ends with Treat of Versailles

    ends the war between Germans and the Allies.
  • 18th admendment (Prohibiton)

    18th admendment (Prohibiton)

    The 18th admendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, transportati0on, import, comsumbtion of acholic beverages.
  • 19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage)

    19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage)

    The 19th amendment gaurentees all american women the right to vote.