Timeline:
1896 – Plessy v. Ferguson establishes ________________________________ doctrine
– Populist Party and Democratic Party both nominate ___________________________ as
presidential
candidate; Bryan delivers __________________________ Speech at Democratic Convention
– Republican ________________________________ elected POTUS
1900 – McKinley re-elected POTUS
– Sister Carrie by ___________________________
1901 – McKinley ___________________ in Buffalo; _____________________________ assumes
presidency
– J.P. Morgan creates U.S. Steel Corporation
– Ragtime jazz develops; following lead of African-American composer
_______________________
1902 – Anthracite Coal Strike
– Newlands Reclamation Act re: ____________________________________________________
– Marconi develops wireless telegraph (radio)
1903 – Elkins Act re: _________________________________________
– Call of the Wild by _______________________
– __________________________ perform first successful airplane flight
– First narrative film ______________________________________
– Henry Ford founds Ford Motor Co.
– Expedition Act passed, giving priority to ________________________ cases in U.S. Courts
– First World Series
1904 – Northern Securties Co. v. United States
– History of the Standard Oil Company by _____________________________
– _________________________________ elected POTUS in a landslide
1905 – Niagara Movement – W.E.B. Du Bois
– Industrial Workers of the World, the “____________”, formed by Eugene Debs and
William Haywood
– Lochner v. New York re: ___________________________________________
– U.S. Forest Service created – symbol of TR’s environmental policy of
________________________
1906 – Hepburn Act re: _____________________________________________
– The Jungle by __________________________________
– ________________ and Drug Act; ________ Inspection Act
– San Francisco Earthquake
1907 – Panic of 1907
1908 – National Monetary Commission which recommends creating Federal
Reserve System
– Muller v. Oregon re: ______________________________
– General Motors Corporation formed
– _____________________________ elected POTUS
1909 – National Association for the Advancement of Colored People formed
– Payne-Aldrich Tariff
1910 – Mann-Elkins Act re: ___________________________________________________
– Ballinger-Pinchot Controversy – re: ______________________________________
– Boy Scouts of America chartered
1911 – Standard Oil broken up
– American Tobacco Co. broken up
– _______________________ fire kills 146 workers in New York City
1912 – Federal Children’s Bureau created to
__________________________________________________
– Republican Party nominates ________________________________
– Bull Moose (Progressive) Party formed, nominates __________________________________
– ___________________________________ elected POTUS
– Titanic sinks
1913 – 16th Amendment ratified re: ________________________________
– 17th Amendment ratified re: ______________________________________________
– Underwood Tariff – lowers rates
– Federal Reserve Act
– O Pioneers! By _________________________
1914 – Europe goes to war; Wilson declares neutrality
– Federal Trade Commission created to __________________________________________________
– Clayton Anti-Trust Act
1915 – Henry Ford develops farm tractor
– Theory of Relativity presented by ___________________________________
– Margaret Sanger jailed for writing Family Limitations re: ________________________
– “Mending Wall” by ________________________________
– Birth of a Nation by __________________________ becomes first film shown in White House
1916 – Federal Highway Act
– Adamson Act re: 8-hour work day
– Keating-Owen Act re: _____________________________________
– ________________________________ re-elected POTUS
1917 – U.S. declares war on Germany
– Smith-Hughes Act re: vocational schools
1918 – Sedition Act; Eugene V. Debs arrested for breaking Sedition Act
– Wilson’s issues his plan for peace: _______________________________
– 18th Amendment re: ________________________________
– Worldwide influenza pandemic will eventually kill 40 million
– National War Labor Board created, headed by __________________________
– Hammer v. Dagenhart re: ______________________________________________
– Daylight Savings Time introduced
– Armistice signed 11/11
1919 – Wilson suffers stroke
– Red Scare – _____________ Raids arrest more than 5,000 suspected Communists
– Boston Police Strike; Seattle General Strike; Gary, Indiana, Steel Strike; United
Mine Workers Strike
– Chicago Race Riots
– Volstead Act re: ___________________________
– Workers’ Party formed – later Communist Party U.S.A.
– Chicago White Sox throw the World Series – “________________” Scandal
– __________________ named Director-General of International Organization for
European Relief
1920 – Census shows half of population lives in urban areas, first time in U.S. history
– 19th Amendment re: ________________________
– Senate rejects Versailles Treaty
– ___________________________ elected POTUS