u.s history timeline

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    1882 - John D. Rockefeller

    Standard Oil Trust; Andrew Carnegie - Steel
  • 1887 - Dawes Severalty Act-denies tribal rights

    advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites
  • 1890 – Sherman Antitrust Act-outlaws monopolies

    Act-outlaws monopolies, price-fixing, other trade restraints
  • 1890 - Wounded Knee

    Federal forces massacre 200 Sioux Indians
  • 1891 - Populist Party

    formed specifically to give farmers a voice in government
  • 1895 - Yellow Journalism

    journalism that features unethical or unprofessional practices by news media organizations or individual journalists.
  • 1896 - **Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Separate but Equal' is constitutional (overturned by Brown vs. Board of Education)
  • 1898 - Grandfather Clause

    voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes
  • 1898 - Spanish-American War

    Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy
  • 1898 - Treaty of Paris

    ends the Spanish-American War
  • 1899 - Open Door Policy

    U.S. attempt to gain foothold in Chinese markets
  • 1901 – President McKinley assassinated,

    Teddy Roosevelt now 26th President
  • 1904 – Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

    increases U.S. presence in Latin America
  • 1908 - Henry Ford introduces the Model T car

    assembly lines introduced
  • 1913 - 16th Amendment

    establishment of income tax, 17th Amend.- direct election of senators
  • 1917 - Zimmerman Telegram

    intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against U.S.; US. Enters WWI
  • 1919 - Treaty of Versailles

    ends WWI; calls for heavy reparations on Germany, disarmament, and creation of League of Nations; U.S. Senate rejects it
  • 1933- Fireside Chats

    FDR address public on radio - continues to 1944 - gives public hope
    1933 – 1st 100 Days - creation of countless jobs, most productive of any president's 1st 100 days

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