Timeline

By thagg25
  • Hull House

    Founded by Jane Adams for a place for new immigrants
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    It prohibits certain businesses that federal government regulators deem to be uncompetitive
  • Idaho

    Idaho becomes 43rd state
  • Yosemite National Park

    Yosemite was created
  • Jacob Riis

    Jacob Riis publishes "How the Other Half Lives"
  • Wounded Knee Massacre

    Massacre of Su Indian tribe
  • Pure Food and Drug and Meat inspection Act

    Pure Food and Drug and Meat inspection Act
  • Pullman Strike

    Railroad strike against the Pullman company
  • Plessy Vs. Ferguson

    Racial injustice in public facilities
  • William McKinley

    McKinley is elected
  • De Lome Letter

    Letter written by Spanish bashing McKinley
  • USS Maine

    USS Maine explodes in Havana Harbor
  • Spanish American War

    Spanish-American War begins
  • American Anti-Imperialist League

    League is organized, league is consisted of people who appose imperialism
  • Spanish-American War

    War ends
  • Open Door Policy

    USA granted access to China
  • McKinley assassinated

    MckInley was killed
  • Teddy Roosevelt

    Teddy is elected president
  • Roosevelt Corollary

    Will intervene in European and Latin America conflicts
  • Panama Canal

    Panama is aquired by the USA
  • Niagara Falls Conference

    W.E.B. Du Bois is the mastermind behind this conference
  • Upton Sinclair

    Sinclairs the "The Jungle" is published
  • Hawaii

    Republic of Hawaii is annexed
  • Gentlemens Agreement

    Trading With China
  • NAACP

    NAACP was founded
  • Willaim Taft

    William Taft is elected
  • Dollar Diplomacy

    Dollar Diplomacy Begins
  • 16th Amendement

    Power to collect taxes
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Wilson is elected president
  • 17th Amendment

    US Senate will have 2 senators from each state
  • Assembly Line

    Henry Ford crerates the modern assembly line
  • WWI

    Assassination of Archeduke Ferdinand sparks the beginning of WWI
  • Zimmermann Telegram

    Zimmermann telegram, ignites US into WWI
  • Dollar Diplomacy

    Dollar Diplomacy Ends
  • US enters WWI

    US enters WWI
  • Sedition Act

    Sedition Act is passed, no disrespect to ones counrty
  • 18th Amendment

    Abolishment of alcohal
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty is signed, Germany is held responsible
  • 19th Amendment

    Womens Rights