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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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Timeline
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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
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 piloted the first airplane 20 feet above a wind swept beach. -
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
An immigrant to the U.S. trying to make ends meet. -
San Francisco Earthquake
One of the most significant earthquakes of all time. -
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
Objective was to ensure political, educational, and social and economic equality and eliminate race prejudice. -
Howard Taft elected 27th President of the United States
wad president of the U.S. from march 1909-1913 -
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 was broken up by the U.S. Supreme Court -
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 was part of the progressive movment and president of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910 -
Work finished on the Panama Canal
It is no longer necessary for ships to sail around the canal -
World War I begins
war between the allies and the other world powers. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
sunk by a German U boat 11 miles off the southern Coast of ireland. -
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
ends the war between Germans and the Allies. -
18th admendment (Prohibiton)
The 18th admendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, transportati0on, import, comsumbtion of acholic beverages. -
19th Amendment (Women's Suffrage)
The 19th amendment gaurentees all american women the right to vote.
