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26th President
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States upon the assassination of President William McKinley -
The wright Brothers
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft -
Acquisition of the Panama Canal
Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 by which Panama granted to the United States, -
Banking Crisis
In 1907, the United States experienced its worse financial crisis to date - surpassed only by the Great Depression 22 years later. In this lesson, we'll discuss the timeline and what caused the Panic of 1907, as well as the impact it had on Wall Street and the US economy. -
Oklahoma becomes a state
Oklahoma Territory and Indian Territory were merged into the State of Oklahoma when it became the 46th state to enter the union on November 16, 1907 -
NAACP Founded
The NAACP was created in 1909 by an interracial group consisting of W.E.B. Du Bois, Ida Bell Wells-Barnett, Mary White Ovington, and others concerned with the challenges facing African Americans, especially in the wake of the 1908 Springfield (Illinois) Race Riot. -
27th President
William Howard Taft, the 27th president of the United States, fulfilled a lifelong dream when he was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, becoming the only person to have served as both a U.S. chief justice and president. -
28th President
President Wilson was a leader of the Progressive Movement, was the 28th President of the United States (1913-1921). -
World War I
World War I began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo -
US aquires the Virgin Islands
The U.S. chose the name "Virgin Islands" when it took formal possession of the Danish West Indies on March 31, 1917. The U.S. bought the islands from Denmark for $25 million. -
United States enters WW1
resident Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. On April 4, 1917 -
18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
The 18th Amendment to the Constitution prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors..." and was ratified by the states on January 16, 1919. -
Black Sox scandal
Chicago grand jury indicts eight members of the Chicago White Sox on charges of fixing the 1919 World Series -
19Th Amendment approved
The Senate approved the 19th amendment on June 4, 1919, and ratified in August 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment marked one stage in women's long fight for political equality. -
The First American Train Robbery
On 6 October 1866, brothers John and Simeon Reno staged what is generally believed to be the first train robbery in American history.