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Progressive Era
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Eiffel Tower
The Eiffel Tower opens for visitors to come and see -
William McKinley elected president
William McKinley is elected president -
radium discovery
Marie Curie discovered radium in warsaw poland -
Boer War
the boer war in africa starts -
McKinley reelection
William McKinley is reelected as president -
Commonwealth of Australia
the Commonwealth of Austraila is created -
American Socialist party
Eugene V. Debs helped organize the American Socialist party. -
McKinley assassinated, roosevelt becomes president
President McKinley was shot and fatally wounded, Theadore Roosevelt assumes presidency -
Roosevelt elected as president
Theodore Roosevelt is elected president 4 years after william McKinley is assassanated -
William H. Taft elected president
Taft gets elected president after Roosevelt leaves office -
W.E.B Du Bois helps found NAACP
W.E.B Du Bois helps found the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. -
Mexican Revolution
The Mexican revolution begins. -
WCTU
the Women's Christian Temperence Union reached 245,000 members -
chinas Qin Dynasty falls
The Qin Dynasty in China topples -
disaster in Ohio
a flood in dayton, OH led to a widespread adoption of the council-manager form of goverment. -
woodrow wilson elected president
Woodrow Wilson is elected president -
17th amendment
congress ratified the 17th amendment -
WWI begins
WW1 breaks out in europe -
Woodrow Wilson reelected
Woodrow Wilson is reelected as president -
alcohal prohabition
The 18th amendment outlaws alcohal in the United States -
Gandhi becomes independence leader in India
Mohandas Gandhi becomes the leader of the Independence movement in India -
Reforming elections
by 1920, 20 states had adopted at least one of the initiative, referendum, or recall -
19th amendment lets women vote
the 19th amendment grants women the right to vote for things such as presidental elections