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Story based on his experience in drought-ridden South Dakota.
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The President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in New Buffalo, New York. After his death, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States.
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Orville and Willour Wright had finished designing and building their powered machine, took first flight.
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Released to tell the story about bandits breaking into a railroad telegraph.
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Sinclair's observations of the state of turn-of-the-20th-century labor.
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375 deaths were reported at the time. Devastating fires broke out in the city and lasted several days.
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Panic occured, as this was during a time of economic reccession, and there were numerous runs on banks and trust companies.
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He was a republican, was selected to serve on the Ohio
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National Association for the Advancement of colored people
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The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, caused 146 deaths, and also became the deadliest industrial disaster, in New York City.
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The sinking of the Titanic occured from hitting an iceberg, causing 1,502 deaths in the Alantic Ocean
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Thomas Woodrow Wilson, 28th President, guided the country through The First World War
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WW1, also known as the Great War, began on July 28th, 1914, and lasted four years until 1918. It involved all the world's great powers
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Work on the canal began in 1881 and was completed in 1914, making it no longer necessary for ships to sail the lengthly Cape Horn route
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The sinking of the Lusitania occured during the first World War. Being shot by German torpedoes, the sinking killed 1,198 passangers.
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On April 6th, 1917, the U.S. joined its allies -- Britain, France, and Russia -- to fight in WW1.
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The 18th Amendment prohibited "intoxicating liquors".
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The Trearty of Versaille was one of the peace traties at the end of WW1. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers
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The 19th Amendment prohitbits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
