1900-1920 US History

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  • Gold Standard Act

    Gold Standard Act

    Established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money. Tied gold to the dollar
  • Assassination of Mckinley

    Assassination of Mckinley

    William Mckinley is assassinated by Leon Czolgosz at the Temple of Music on September 6, 1901.
  • Theodore Roosevelt assumes the Presidency

    Theodore Roosevelt assumes the Presidency

    Following the assassination of President Mckinley, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumed the position as the 26th Presitent of the Untied States
  • Wright Brothers first flight

    Wright Brothers first flight

    The Wright Brothers make the first sustained flight of a powered, heavier-than-air aircraft.
  • Panama Canal

    Panama Canal

    Following Panama's independence in 1903, the United States and Panama signed a joint agreement that gave the United States control over the canal and it's construction
  • Theodore Roosevelt inaugurated as President

    Theodore Roosevelt inaugurated as President

    Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as the 26th President of the United States. This will be his first time being elected to the position dispite already being President at the time
  • Federal Meat Inspection Act

    Federal Meat Inspection Act

    The Federal Meat Inspection Act is passed which regulated the meat packaging industry making sure meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions. The law was partly a response to the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
  • William Howard Taft inaugurated as President

    William Howard Taft inaugurated as President

    William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th President of the United States.
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire

    A frie broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory and resulted in the deaths of Triangle Shirtwaist Factory 123 women and 23 men

  • 16th amendment ratified

    The 16th amendment is ratified which allows Congress to levy an income tax.
  • Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as President

    Woodrow Wilson inaugurated as President

    Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States.

  • 17th Amendment ratified

    The 17th amendment allowed for the direct election of US Senators
  • Ford Motor Company assembly line

    Ford Motor Company assembly line

    Ford Motor Company establishes the first moving assembly line, which allowed for the mass production of goods.
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    World War 1

    World War l or "The Great War". lasted from July 1914 to Novemebr 1918. The wa originated in Europe but spread all across the globe. The war resulted in an allied victory and a death count in the 10s of millions.
  • Sinking of the Lusitania

    Sinking of the Lusitania

    HMS Lusitania is sunk by the german submarine U-20

  • Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as President for a 2nd term

    Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th President of the United States for a 2nd term

  • United States enters World War 1

    The United States formally declares war on Germany and enters World War 1
  • 18th Amendment ratified

    18th Amendment ratified

    The 18th amendment prohibited the sale and purchase of alcohol in the United States.
  • 19th Amendment ratified

    19th Amendment ratified

    The 19th Amendment prohibits the United States from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.