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U.S. Buys Alaska
The U.S. comes to the agreement to purchase Alaska from Russia for 7.2 Million dollars. -
Spanish-American War
Was a conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. -
U.S. Annexes Hawaii
The last monarch of Hawaii, the queen was overthrown by a party of businessmen, who then imposed a provisional government. -
T.R. Becomes President
When mckinley got assassinated, TR was the vice president then got moved up to the president. He was the 26th president. -
U.S. Begins panama canal work
Panamanians gave the U.S. Control of the panama canal zone for 10 million dollars -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Act was manufacturing, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages -
NAACP founded
Stands for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. Its an African American civil rights organization in the U.S. -
Taft elected president
Taft was elected the 27th president of the U.S. and later became the tenth chief justice of the U.S. -
U.S. finishes panama canal
Building the canal TR oversaw the realization of a long-term U.S. goal -
Wilson Elected President
The democrats nominated wilson for president -
Women's Suffrage
It's the right of women to vote in elections. -
Prohibition
In the United States was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages that remain in place in 1920 through 1933. 18th amendment. -
The Jungle is Written
Is a collection of stories muckraking the meat package industry by Upton Sinclair
