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U.S.S. Maine explodes and begins Spanish-American War
The ship blew up on Feb. 15, 1898 in the harbor of Havana and 260 men died. The United States declared war on Spain on April 20th -
Hawaii Is Annexed into the U.S.
Hawaii became part of the U.S. -
Philippine American War
The Fiipinos aoutraged once they heard about the treaty of Paris, which called for American annexation of the Philippines -
Boxer Rebellion in China
Anti-foreign movement that killed 32,000 chinese christians, 100 missionaries and 100,000 civilians -
Uptown Sinclair- Famous muckraker
Muckrakers were journalists that wrote about the corrupt side of of business and public life in mass circulation magazines during the early 20th century. He was known as the 'King of muckrakers". He went undercover in chicago's meat packing undustry for 7 weeks -
Meat Inspection Act
Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection that was in use until the 1990s -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Prohibited the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called fr truth in labeling. -
NAACP was fromed
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, had over 6,000 members by 1914, it aimed for full equality between races -
Woodrow Wilson elected President
Woodrow Wilson a democratic was our 28th President -
Panama Canal opens
It took the U.S. 10 years to build it. By 1999 more than 700,000 vessels had passed thrugh along whith 70 nations. More than 5,60 workers died form accidents and disease. -
German U-boats sink the Luistania
1,198 people die in this U-boat attack -
Zimmermann Note
A telegram from the Germanforeign minister to the German ambassador in Mexico that was intercepted by British Agents.
It proposed an alliance between Mexico and Germany. -
U.S. declares war on Germany
U.S enters World War I against Germany -
Peurto Ricans become U.S. citizens
People that were citizens of Puerto Rico became citizens of the U.S. due to the Jones ACt -
Prohibiton begins on alcohol.
The eighteenth ammendment outlawed alcoholic beverages in 1919. In 1920 they thought it was bad for
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