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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Roosevelt was elected as the 26th president of the United States and was in office until 1909. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
This act regulated food and drugs moving in interstate commerce and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of poisonous patent medicines. Federal responsibility for public health and welfare was established. -
Election of Woodrow Wilson
Wilson was elected as the 28th president of America. He led America into World War I and advocated for the League of Nations -
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World War I
World War I breaks out when Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated. -
Lusitania sinking
German U-Boats attacked a British Ship and killed 1195 people in total, and 128 Americans. This was the beginning of America's entrance to the war. -
United States enters World War I
President Wilson wanted to keep peace but had to enter the war because German submarines kept attacking them. He wanted to protect America and had no other choice. -
Eighteenth Amendment passed
This amendment banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty that ended the war and was signed by the Allied Nations and Germany. It required Germany to pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up oversea colonies. -
Nineteenth Amendment passed
This amendment gave all American women the guaranteed right to vote.