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
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    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)