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World Fair
It is the United States first year being apart of the 42 nations in Paris, France at the World Fair on April 15, 1900. It makes history as one of the largest world's fairs in history. At this world fair however was also another huge event. The worlds second ever official Olympic Games bringing in thirty-nine million visitors from all over the globe. -
Prohibition
Many religious women and families believed alochol was of the Devil in making their beloved husbands into drunken, abusive monsters. On June 1, 1900 Carrie Nation and her Temperance Movement demolished twenty-five saloons in Medicine Lodge. This movement was later passed to abolish the consumption of liquor. However the day this act was put into motion a bill to repeal was beginning in congress. -
Theodore Roosevelt Assasination
Upon entering the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York on September 6, 1901 - President William H. McKinley was shot while shaking hands with fair visitors. An anarchist known as Leon Czolgosz is arrested for the crime. The following week on September 14, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as President. -
Air Conditioning
On July 17, 1902 Willis Haviland Carrier, a native from Angola, New York, invented the air conditioner. He would patent his device later on February 2, 1906. With this led to the expansion of his company and would later be asked to install air conditioning such buildings as Madison Square Garden, The U.S Senate, and House of Representatives. -
Lousiana Purchase Exposition
On April 30, 1904 The Louisiana Purchase Exposition opened. Renowned for its spectacular ivory buildings, the inventions of the ice cream cone, and the famous "Meet Me in St. Louis" song. The exposition closed December 1 with over nineteen million visitors in total. -
SF Earthquake
On April 18, 1906 the San Francisco earthquake occured. An estimation at 7.8 on the Richter scale. Its proximity to the San Andreas Fault and led to fires that followed the quake and aftershocks. A 78 reported deaths and between $350-$400 million in damages were sustained. -
Antiquilties Act
President Theodore Roosevelt granted the protection of Native American ruins and authorizes presidents to designate lands with historic and scientific features as national monuments. This act, now known as the Antiquities Act, which would be used by Roosevelt to expand the National Parks system. -
Oklahoma
On November 16, 1907 the Oklahoma Territory and the Indian Territory were combined to form Oklahoma. This state consists of open prairies, small mountain ranges, mesas, and eastern forests. Most of Oklahoma lies in the Great Plains and the U.S. Interior Highlands which is an extremely dangerous weather area. The 46th state to come apart of this corrupted nation. -
First Passenger flight plane
On May 14, 1908 we see technology moving forward as the first passenger flight on a plane takes off. With pilot Wilbur Wright and his trusty passenger Charles W. Furnas in the Wright Flyer III at Huffman Prairie Flying Field in Dayton, Ohio. -
National Park continuation
President William Howard Taft continued the designation of national monuments and parks that were begun during the Roosevelt administration. This included with the proclam ,and in July 31, 1919 he continued the designations with the southwestern Utah lands known then as the Mukuntuweap that would become Zion National Park.