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Sherman Antitrust Act
President William Howard Taft. Outlawed monopolies, price fixing, and other trade restraints. -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
Separate but Equal is constitutional (overturned by Brown v. Board of Education). President Grover Cleveland. -
Grandfather Clause
Voting rights of blacks challenged with literacy tests and poll taxes.
President William McKinley -
President McKinley Assassinated
Teddy Roosevelt becomes the 26th President. -
Panama Canal
Connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans (opened in 1914) -
Muckraker
Writers who expose big business corruption -
Model T Car
Henry Ford introduces assembly lines to make production faster. -
16th Amendment
Establishment of income tax, 17th amendment- direct election of senators. -
Lusitania Sinks
German U-Boat sinks British passenger line, with American Passengers on board. -
Submarine Warfare
Germany continues unrestricted submarine warfare-gets warning from US. -
Selective Service Act
Established the Draft -
Zimmerman Telegram
Intercepted by the British, asks for Germany/Mexico alliance against the US, US enters the war. -
Fourteen Points
By Woodrow Wilson, 14th point most important, calls for the League of Nations -
18th Amendment
Outlaws the purchase, sale, or transport of all alcohol -
19th Amendment
Allowed women the right to vote -
Dawes Plan
Eased war reparations on Germany -
Stock Market Crash
Black Tuesday - Launched the Great Depression -
FDR Elected President
Franklin Delano Roosevelt becomes president -
Unemployment Rises
US unemployment reaches 25%, FDR claims Bank Holiday to fix banks -
Fireside Chats
FDR addresses public on radio, continues to 1944, gives public hope -
Huey Long
Criticizes FDR saying "Share our Wealth", proposes large tax burden on wealthy -
Wagner Act
Supports Union rights, protects collective bargaining -
Social Security Act
Established funds for unemployed and elderly -
FDR reelected
FDR elected for unprecedented 3rd term -
Atlantic Charter
Agreement between President Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Churchill -
Propaganda
Motivated citizens to support the war effort -
Battle of Midway
US defeats Japan, seen as the turning point of the war in the Pacific -
Manhattan Project
Creation of the Atomic Bomb -
Battle of the Bulge
Begins to break down Axis position on the Western front -
Liberation
Allies liberate Nazi concentration camps in Eastern Europe -
Germany Surrenders
Known as V-E Day (victory in Europe day) -
First A-Bomb Drops
US drops Atomic Bombs on Hiroshima (August 6) and Nagasaki (August 9) - Japan Surrenders -
United Nations Created
UN created with 51 founding nations -
Nuremburg Trials
Prosecute Nazi war criminals -
Iron Curtain
Describes division of Communist Eastern Europe from Western Europe. -
Truman Doctrine
US intent to fight communism by helping free countries resist it -
Berlin Blockade
USSR blocks all aid into West Berlin -
Berlin Airlift
US drops food and supplies by air in West Berlin -
Korean War Begins
US aids South Korea against North Korea; Peace Treaty in 1953 -
Brown vs. Board of Education
Overturns Plessy v. Ferguson; says Separate but Equal is unconstitutional