U.S. History Timeline

By dakota.collins

  • Dawes Severalty Act

    denies tribal rights, advances forced assimilation, opens lands to whites

  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    outlaws monopolies, price-fixing, other trade restraints

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

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

  • Spanish American War

    Teddy Roosevelt leads Rough Riders, U.S. crushes Spain's Navy

  • Treaty of Paris

    Ends the Spanish-American war

  • President Mckinly Assassinated

    Teddy Roosevelt takes office as the 26th President

  • Henry Ford

    Introduces assembly lines and the Model-T

  • 16th and 17th Amendments

    16th Amendment - establishment of income tax
    17th Amendment - direct election of senators

  • WWI

    World War I begins in Europe

  • The Lusitania

    German U-Boat sinks British passenger liner Lusitania, Americans killed on board

  • Zimmerman Telegram

    intercepted by British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against the U.S.; US. Enters WWI

  • Selective Service Act

    Established the draft

  • Treaty of Versailles

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

  • 18th Amendment

    outlaws purchase, sale, and transport of alcohol

  • 19th Amendment

    Women's suffrage (right to vote)

  • Teapot Dome Scandal

    exposes massive corruption in Harding Administration

  • Stock Market Crash

    'Black Tuesday' - launches Great Depression

  • Franklin Delano Roosevelt

    Elected President

  • Social Security Act

    establishes funds for unemployed and elderly

  • FDR re-elected

    FDR elected for unprecedented 3rd Term

  • Atlantic Charter

    agreement b/n U.S President FDR and Britain Prime Minister Churchill