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1901
The Assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt becomes President -
1902
In the United States, a five-month strike by the United Mine Workers ends. -
1903
The first west-east transatlantic radio broadcast is made from the United States to England. -
1904
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine, the constructin of the Panama Canal begins. -
1905
Russo-Japanese War, The Russian Army surrenders at Port Arthur -
1906
Hepburn Act 5/29/1906 -
1907
Pure Food and Drug Act -
1908
Ford Model T -
1909
William H. Taft becomes president -
1910
many race riots took place -
1911
Mexican Revolution: Rebels take Agua Prieta on the Sonora–Arizona border; government troops take the town back April 17 when the rebel leader "Red" López is drunk. -
1912
Sinking of the RMS Titanic: RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg in the northern Atlantic Ocean and sinks with the loss of between 1,517 and 1,636 lives. The wreck would not be discovered until 1985. -
1913
Election of Woodrow Wilson -
1914
World War 1 begins,
U. S. troops occupy Vera Cruz, -
1915
U. S. troops sent to Haiti 7/5/1915
Lusitania sunk, U. S. intervened 7/28/1915 -
1916
Germany issues Sussex pledge -
1917
Russian Revolution Mar 8, 1917
U.S. enters WW1 April 2, 1917 -
1918
WW1 ends Treaty of Versailles -
1919
Eighteenth Amendment prohibits alcoholic beverages -
1920
Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote