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Baum wrote this as a children's book, but scholars dissected it and found it to be an allegory on the Populist Movement.
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The President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6th, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. After his death, Vice-President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of the United States.
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A whopping 12-minutes long, this movie was considered a milestone in the film-making industry. It was the film that really started the big business of filmmaking.
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Two American brothers who designed an airplane took the skies in it for the first time, and became the first people to fly in a plane.
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Sinclair wrote this novel with intentions to portray the lives of immigrants in the US. Readers were more concerned with a large portion of the book about the corruption in the US meat-packing industry during the early 20th century.
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This major earthquake killed about 3,000 people, and over 80% of San Francisco was decimated.
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This was a financial crisis that occured in the US when the New York Stock Exchange fell 50% from its peak the previous year (a.k.a. The Banker's Panic).
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This civil rights organization's goal was to ensure political, educational, social, and economic equality in minority citizens in the US and erase racial issues.
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Howard Taft was considered a Progressive. He stressed the need for income tax, indtroduced the 8-hour work day, took on trusts and punished companies that bypassed anti-trust laws.
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This was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City. THis resulted in the fourth highest loss of lifes by an inudstrial accident.
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Broken up by the Supreme Court, the anti-trust law required Standard Oil to be broken into smaller independent companies, which led toa skyrocketing of the trust's stock prices.
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The Titanic was the largest ship and was supposably undestructable. However, ironically the Titanic sunk on its' first outing on about the fourth day at sea. The death toll is between 1,490 and 1,635 people.
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Wood Wilson was the last Progressive preisdent. He established Federal Reserve Act and Federal Trade Commission. He also took on the trust heavily.
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This was a global war centered in Europe. More than nine million combatants were killed. Involed worlds greatest powers which was between two alliances.
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The Panama Canal connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, making coastal trade and traveling more efficient.
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The British passenger ship was sank by a German U-boat. 1,198 people were killed in this incident.
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U.S. joined the Allies (Britain, France, and Russia). More than 2M U.S. soldiers fought on battlefields in France.
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Alcohol is outlawed. This is later repealed by the 21st amendment on December 5th, 1933.
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Before, women were forbidden to vote anywhere in the U.S. After this amendement was made, women gained that right.
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The peace treaty ended war between the Axis and the Allied Powers.
