Name
Date
Period
Period 7 (1890-1945) Timeline of Major
Events
Part 1: 1890-1921 (Imperialism & Progressive Era)
Key Concepts: The transformation of the United States from an agricultural to an increasingly industrialized and
urbanized society brought about significant economic, political, diplomatic, social, environmental, and cultural changes
 7.1: Growth expanded opportunity, while economic instability led to new efforts to reform U.S. society and its
economic system.
 7.2: Innovations in communications and technology contributed to the growth of mass culture, while significant
changes occurred in internal and international migration patterns.
 7.3: Participation in a series of global conflicts propelled the United States into a position of international power
while renewing domestic debates over the nation’s proper role in the world.
Description/Significance:
President
(Make sure to include WHY the event is significant as well as the factual information)
Alfred Thayer Mahan’s The Influence of Sea Power Upon History (1890)
Jacob Riis’ How the Other Half Lives (1890)
Yosemite National Park (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Republican
(1889-1893)
Forest Reserve Act (1891)
John Muir and the Sierra Club (1892)
McClure’s Magazine (1893)
Henry Demarest Lloyd’s Wealth Against Commonwealth (1894)
Grover Cleveland
Democrat
(1893-1897)
Atlanta Compromise (1895)
Anti-Saloon League (1895)
Election of 1896
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Republicans
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Democrats
Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899)
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Seward’s Folly (1867)
Annexation of Hawaii (1898)
William McKinley
Republican
(1897-1901)
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Foreign intrusion
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Queen Liliuokalani
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Republic of Hawaii (1894-1898)
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Why Hawaii?
Spanish-American War (April 1898-February 1899)
SEE ATTACHED WAR CHART
Philippine-American War (1899-1902)
Open Door Policy (1899)
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Boxer Rebellion (1900)
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Hay’s Second Round of Notes (1900)
National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) founded (1900)
Election of 1900
 Republicans
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Democrats
Platt Amendment (1901)
Booker T. Washington’s Up From Slavery (1901)
McKinley Assassinated (September 14, 1901)
Extra Notes/Info on William McKinley:
Progressive Political Reforms
Direct Democracy
 Secret Ballot
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
(1901-1909)
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Direct Primaries
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Initiative
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Referendum
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Recall
Local/Municipalities
 Public services
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Governments
States
 Robert La Follette and the Wisconsin Idea (1901)
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Reforms
Big Stick Diplomacy (1901-1909)
Square Deal (1902)
Newlands Reclamation Act (1902)
Anthracite Coal Strike (1902)
Anarchist Exclusion Act (1903)
Elkins Act (1903)
Ida Tarbell’s The History of the Standard Oil Company (1904)
Panama Canal (1904)
Roosevelt Corollary (1904)
Trust-Busting (1904-1909)
Lincoln Steffens’ The Shame of the Cities (1904)
Election of 1904
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Republicans
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Democrats
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Socialists
Lochner v. New York (1905)
W.E.B. DuBois’ Niagara Movement (1905)
Industrial Workers of the World (1905)
Hepburn Act (1906)
The Jungle (1906)
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
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Meat Inspection Act (1906)
Panic of 1907
Great White Fleet (1907-1909)
Dillingham Commission (1907-1911)
Root-Takahira Agreement (1908)
Muller v. Oregon (1908)
“Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Japan (1907)
NAACP founded (1909)
Extra Notes/Info on Theodore Roosevelt:
Election of 1908
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Republicans
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Democrats
Dollar Diplomacy (1909-1913)
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Railroads in China (1911)
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Nicaragua (1911)
Payne-Aldrich Tariff (1909)
Mann-Elkins Act of 1910
William Howard Taft
Republican
(1909-1913)
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) founded (1910)
Great Migration (1910-1930)
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire (1911)
Standard Oil Company of New Jersey v. United States (1911)
Lawrence Textile Strike (1912)
Lodge Corollary (1912)
Extra Notes/Info on William Howard Taft:
Election of 1912
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Democrats
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Progressives
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Republicans
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Socialists
Moral Diplomacy (1913-1917)
16th Amendment (1913)
17th Amendment (1913)
Woodrow Wilson
Democrat
(1913-1921)
Underwood Tariff (1913)
Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Clayton Antitrust Act (1914)
Repeal of Panama Canal Tax Exemptions (1914)
Federal Trade Commission (1914)
Ludlow Massacre (1914)
World War I (1914-1918)
SEE ATTACHED WAR CHART
Jones Act of 1916
Federal Farm Loan Act (1916)
National Parks Service (1916)
National Woman’s Party founded (1916)
Child Labor Act (1916)
Election of 1916
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Democrats

Republicans
Jeanette Ranking elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1916)
Immigration Act of 1917
Citizenship for Puerto Ricans (1917)
18th Amendment (1919)
Volstead Act (1919)
Palmer Raids (1919-1920)
19th Amendment (1920)
Washington Conference (1921)
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Five-Power Treaty
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Four-Power Treaty
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Nine-Power Treaty
Extra Notes/Info on Woodrow Wilson:
Terms to Know
• Muckrakers
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Imperialism
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Jingoism
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Pragmatism
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“Yellow journalism”
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Scientific management
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“A splendid little war”
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Prohibition
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Rough Riders
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Conservation
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Spheres of influence
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Preservation
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Anti-imperialism
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Deforestation
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Progressivism
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Propaganda
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Self-determination
Xenophobia
The Spanish-American War: 1898-1899
United States
Advantages/Disadvantages
Major Leaders (Civilian and Military)
United States
Spain
Spain
Causes
Jingoism
Turning Point Battles(s)
Manila Bay
Cuban Revolt
Yellow Journalism
San Juan Hill
De Lôme Letter
Sinking of the Maine
Filipino Insurrection
McKinley’s War Message
Teller Amendment
Strategy
Costs
United States
United States
Spain
Spain
Treaty
Non-Treaty Results
Insular Cases (1901-1903)
Treaty of Paris 1899
Platt Amendment
Recognition of U.S. Power
The Great War – World War I: 1914-1919
Advantages/Disadvantages
Major Leaders (Civilian and Military)
Allies
Allies
Central Powers
Central Powers
MAIN Causes
The War
Militarism
New Technologies
Alliances
Trench Warfare
Imperialism
American Expeditionary Force
Nationalism
Battle of the Argonne Forest
American Neutrality
Wilson’s Proclamation of Neutrality
The War at Home
Mobilization for the war
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Industry & Labor
Mood in the US
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Finance
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Civil Liberties
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Espionage Act (1917)
Peace Movement
Lusitania (1915)
U-boat Attacks/Sussex Pledge
Economic Support to Britain & France
Zimmermann Telegram
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National Defense Act of 1916
Opposition to War (Progressives)
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Sedition Act (1918)
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Schenck v. United States (1919)
Armed Forces
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Selective Service Act (1917)
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African Americans
Society
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Women
Russian Revolution
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Migration of Mexicans & African Americans
Declaration of War
Treaty
Fourteen Points
Treaty of Versailles
Postwar Problems