Timeline 1900-1920 By emmadayton 1901 Formation of United States Steel 1901 A civilian administration, with William H. Taft as the first governor-general was established 1901 Leon Czolgosz assasinated President McKinley 1901 Roosevelt becomes the President 1902 Cuba gains formal independance 1903 Women’s Trade Union League 1904 Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine 1905 The conditions of industrial labor saw strikes 1905 Roosevelt sent the Marines to occupy the Dominican Republic 1906 Roosevelt recieves the Nobel Peace Prize 1906 Meat Inspection Act 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act 1906 Hepburn Act was signed 1907 The Great white fleet 1908 The Davis Act 1910 Mexico revolted against Diaz 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan caught fire 1912 Woodrow Wilson Becomes President 1913 The United States produces over one third of the worlds industrial output 1914 Huerta government fell 1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914 1914 War begins in Europe Jul 28, 1914 Austria declared war on Serbia Aug 1, 1914 Germany declared war on Russia 1915 Germans sank the RMS Lusitania 1915 Second KKK emerges 1916 National Defense Act 1916 The Naval Act is passed 1917 Wilson signed the Espionage Act 1917 The Russian Revolution Apr 4, 1917 Congress declared war on Germany May 18, 1917 Selective Service Act 1918 Women join the Marine Corps 1918 Wilson signed the Sedition Act Jan 18, 1918 The fourteen points are introduced Nov 11, 1918 German forces leave France and Belgium Dec 4, 1918 President Wilson travels overseas 1919 American University of Cairo 1920 Women get the right to vote 1920 Treaty of Sèvres at the San Remo Conference 1920 Babe Ruth is a baseball hero