Timeline 1900-1920

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    Theodore Roosevelt

    He was the 26th president of the United States.

  • Socialist Party is founded

    The Socialist Party is founded on 1901

  • The National Women's Trade Union League

    The National Women's Trade Union League is founded in 1903.

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    The Pure Food and Drug Act was passed in order to prevent the manufacture or sale of poisonous foods and drugs.

  • Meat Inspection Act

    The Meat Inspection Act was passed to ensure that meats were processed in sanitary conditions.
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    William Howard Taft

    He was the 27th president of the United States.

  • NAACP

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded on 1909. It is a civil rights organization created in response to the violence against African Americans in the US.

  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

    It caused the deaths of 146 women. This catastrophe was very significant because it opened American eyes of the poor working conditions in the US.

  • Congressional Union for Woman Suffrage

    It was founded and organized by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns to protect women's rights.
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    Woodrow Wilson

    He was the 28th president of the United States.

  • Antitrust Act

    Congress passes the Clayton Antitrust Act to break up monopolies.

  • WWI

    The United States enters WWI.

  • WWI Ends

    WWI Ends in November 11, 1918

  • Strikes

    One out of every four workers enter in a strike. These people were coal workers and steel workers, etc. The strike was in Boston, Massachusetts.

  • American Civil Liberties Union

    The American Civil Liberties Union is founded in 1920.

  • The Nineteenth Amendment

    The Nineteenth Amendment is passed legalizing women's suffrage.