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1900-1920

  • Presidential Inauguration

    President Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
  • Hepburn Act

    This act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the right to proclaim maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction.
  • Election of Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson was elected to become the 28th President of the United States
  • Beginning of the first World War

    World War I begins
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    The ship was sunk by a German U-boat causing the US to intervene.
  • U.S. Takes Up Arms

    The United States enters World War I.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty signed between Germany and the Allied powers that brought World War I to an end.
  • Nineteenth Amendment

    This amendment gives women the right to vote, jumpstarting a fire in women's rights.