1900-1920

  • September 14th, 1901

    Teddy Roosevelt becomes President.
  • 1904

    Teddy Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine
  • 1904-1914

    The Panama Canal was built.
  • 1906

    The Hepburn Act
  • 1906

    The Pure Food and Drug Act
  • April 12th, 1912

    The Titanic Sinks
  • 1913

    The Sixteenth Amendment becomes ratified.
  • 1913

    The Seventeenth Amendment becomes ratified.
  • 1913

    The Federal Reserve Systems begins.
  • June 28th, 1914

    World War 1 begins
  • 1915

    U.S. troops sent to Haiti
  • 1917

    U.S. enters the World War
  • February 1st, 1917

    The Russian Revolution
  • 1918

    The Treaty of Versailles
  • November 11th, 1918

    World War 1 Ends
  • 1919

    The Eighteenth Amendment prohibits alcoholic beverages.
  • 1920

    The Nineteenth Amendment allows women the right to vote.