U.S history timeline

By david.gutierrez

  • Wounded knee

    Wounded knee
    Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians

  • Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Plessy vs. Ferguson
    Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education)

  • Spanish-American War

    Spanish-American War
    Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy

  • Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection

    Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection
    set food quality standards

  • 16th Amendment & 17th Amend.

    16th Amendment & 17th Amend.
    establishment of income tax, direct election of senators
  • Period: to

    World War I

    begins in Europe

  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles
    ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it

  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    women's suffrage (right to vote)