Turn of the century

TURN OF THE CENTURY

By Phrucker

  • US enters WWI

    US enters WWI
    On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson requested a declaration of war against Germany. Wilson cited Germany’s violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war.

  • In Gold We Trust

    In Gold We Trust
    President William McKinley signed the Gold Standard Act of 1900 establishing gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money.

  • Roosevelt is President

    Roosevelt is President
    Theodore Roosevelt became president after only 194 days as the Vice President and the assassination of McKinley

  • T Panama Canal

    T Panama Canal
    The Panama Canal was built in 1904 and cuts across the Isthmus of Panama allowing passage from the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, and was one of the most difficult engineering projects of that time.

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the 34th governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. As President, Wilson led the United States into World War I in 1917.
    Scholars have generally ranked Wilson in the upper tier of U.S presidents, although he has been criticized for supporting racial segregation and white supremacy.

  • Income Tax and the 16th Amendment

    Income Tax and the 16th Amendment
    The Sixteenth Amendment (Amendment XVI) to the United States Constitution allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. It was passed by Congress in 1909 in response to the 1895 Supreme Court case of Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified by the requisite number of states on February 3, 1913, and effectively overruled the Supreme Court's ruling in Pollock.

  • World War I

    World War I
    World War I, entangled most of the nations of Europe along with Russia, the Middle East, and other regions. The war pitted the Central Powers—mainly Germany, Austria-Hungary, and Turkey—against the Allies—mainly France, Great Britain, Russia, Italy,

  • KKK

    KKK
    The film Birth of a Nation by DW Griffith about the Civil War and reconstruction that depicts the Ku Klux Klan and the saviors of the post was south. is credited with the rekindling of the defunct group.

  • The Eighteenth Amendment

    The Eighteenth Amendment
    The Eighteenth Amendment declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal, though it did not outlaw the actual consumption of alcohol.

  • The Treaty of Versailles

    The Treaty of Versailles
    The Treaty of Versailles brought World War I to an end. The Treaty ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers.

  • Womens Right to Vote

    Womens Right to Vote
    The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex.