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Frank L. Baum publishes The Wizard of Oz.
The Wizard of Oz was published by the George M. Hill company. -
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Assassination of President McKinley
Fataly wounded inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo -
The film "The Great Train Robbery" is released
Written, produced, and directed by Edwin S. Porter -
The Wright Brothes make there first flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright were the first to fly a powered airplane -
Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle
Upton Sinclair was a journalist, socialist, and polotician -
San Fransisco Earthquake
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Roosevelt Panic
All the banks closed down -
NAACP is founded
Goal: make all races of people equal. -
Howard Taft elected 27th President of the United States
Taft graduated from Yale, and was hand picked by Roosevelt. -
Triangle Waistshirt Company Fire
4th highest casualties from industrial accident -
Standard Oil monoply is dissolved
Taft topples Standard Oil wich owned 90 percent of the market. -
Sinking of the Titanic
Collided with an iceburg, 1,500 died. -
Woodrow Wilson elected 28th President of the United States
President after Taft -
World War 1 begins
sparked by Franz Ferdinand's assasination -
Panama Canal Opens
Allowed control of the US empire. -
Sinking of the Lusitania
The Lusitania was shot by a U-boat -
18th Amendment
the fist amendment to set a time delay before it took effect -
US enters WW1
More than 2million U.S. souldiers fought on battlefields in France -
Treaty of Versailles
Ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied powers -
19th Amendment (Womens Suffrage)
the constitution allowed the states to determine the qualifications for voting.
