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Mckinley- shot
shot by anarchists Leon Czolgosz -
Mckinley
McKinley's second inauguration -
After McKinley
Mckinley dies from wound of the shot from Leon but is succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt. -
Panama Canal Zone
U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone- TREATY SIGNED -
Wright Bros
December 17
Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. -
Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration. -
William Howard Taft
William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president -
Wilson!!!!!!!
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th president. -
17th
Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures. -
long distance
First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated -
go woman
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. -
Wilson!!!
Wilson's second inauguration. -
League of nations
League of Nations meets for the first time; U.S. is not represented. -
18th
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor. It is later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933. -
19th
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote. -
Oh no Wilson!
Wilson suffers a stroke -
Treaty of Versailles
Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate.