American History 1900-1920

By jacobdodson2

  • Theodore Roosevelt Becomes President

    Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States after the assassination of William McKinley.

  • Kitty Hawk

    The Wright Brothers successfully fly

  • Teddy Roosevelt Re-elected President

  • Bureau of Investigation Founded

  • Woodrow Wilson Elected

    Wilson becomes the 28th President of the US

  • Telephone Use

    First long-distance telephone is used

  • Lusitania

    The Lusitania cruise ship with US passengers is sunk by German U boats.

  • Wilson Re-elected

    President Wilson is re-elected as president.

  • US enters WW1

    US declares war on Germany and Austria-Hungary

  • Spanish Flu

    Worldwide influenza that took the lives of about 20 million by 1920 and 500,000 in the US.

  • WW1 Ends

    Armistice is signed

  • League of Nations

    League of Nations meets for the first time and US is not present.

  • 18 Amendment

    18th Amendment to Constitution is ratified preventing sale, transportation, and manufacturing of liquor.

  • Women Gain Right to Vote

    Women gain the right to vote with the 19th Amendment to the Constitution.

  • Treaty of Versailles

    The US senate rejects the treaty for terms of peace after WW1