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President William Howard Taft. Outlawed monopolies, price fixing, and other trade restraints. -
Separate but Equal is constitutional (overturned by Brown v. Board of Education). President Grover Cleveland. -
Voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes.
President William McKinley -
Teddy Roosevelt becomes the 26th President. -
Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opened in 1914) -
Writers who expose big business corruption -
Henry Ford introduces assembly lines to make production faster. -
Establishment of income tax, 17th amendment- direct election of senators. -
German U-Boat sinks British passenger line, with American Passengers on board. -
Germany continues unrestricted submarine warfare-gets warning from US. -
Established the Draft -
Intercepted by the British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against the US, US enters the war. -
By Woodrow Wilson, 14th point most important, calls for the League of Nations -
Outlaws the purchase, sale, or transport of all alcohol -
Allowed women the right to vote -
Eased war reparations on Germany -
Black Tuesday - Launched the Great Depression -
Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes president -
US unemployment reaches 25%, FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks -
FDR addresses public on radio, continues to 1944, gives public hope -
Criticizes FDR saying "Share our Wealth", proposes large tax burden on wealthy -
Supports Union rights, protects collective bargaining -
Established funds for unemployed and elderly -
FDR elected for unprecedented 3rd term -
Agreement between President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill -
Motivated citizens to support the war effort -
US defeats Japan, seen as the turning point of the war in the Pacific -
Creation of the Atomic Bomb -
Begins to break down Axis position on the Western front -
Allies liberate Nazi concentration camps in Eastern Europe -
Known as V-E Day (victory in Europe day) -
US drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) - Japan Surrenders -
UN created with 51 founding nations -
Prosecute Nazi war criminals -
Describes division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe. -
US intent to fight communism by helping free countries resist it -
USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin -
US drops food and supplies by air in West Berlin -
US aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson; says Separate but Equal is unconstitutional