is assassinated by anarchist
Theodore Roosevelt becom.:.:e:::s..::.:=_c==~• .
J .P. Morgan buys Carnegie Sted Company from
Andrew Carnegie and forms U.S. S teel Corporation,
creating monopoly in US. steel industry and
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journalists and writers, such as Upton Sinclair,
Platt Amendment asserts US. right to intervene in
Lincoln Steffens. Ida Tarbell. and Jacob Riis. who
Cuban affairs and gives US. permanent military
spurred reform by exposing corruption and scandal
base at Guantanamo
in business and
n 'eaty with Britain gives U.S. control
Massive earthquake in San Francisco. California ,
across Central American isthmus
results in fi res that destroy 28.000 buildin gs and
More than 100,000 mine workers in Pennsylvania
leave more than 225,000 homeless and 3.000 dead;
join Anthracite Coal Strike, eventually winning
is estimated at
shorter workdays and higher wages with help from
National Monuments Act,
President Roosevelt's arbitration
of 18 national monuments
Hepburn Act gives Interstate Commerce
Commission (ICC) power to set maximum freight
rates and review financial records of railroads
Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act
provide for government inspection of meatpacking

and ban use of unsafe additives in food and

allowing

Boston Americans beat Pittsburgh Pirates in first
World Series
With political and military support from U.S., Panama
gain s independence Irom Colombia, and Roosevelt
official
izes
ic of Panama
Hay-Buneau- Varilla Treaty with Panama gives U.S.
control of I O-mile-wide zone for Panama Canal

1909

and Japan
Pacific
Roosevelt sends 16 new U.S. battleships. later called
the " Great White Fleet," on world tour as show of
U.S. sea
Roosevelt establishes National Commission for the
Conservation of Natural Resources
Ford uses assembly line to produce inexpensive
M odel T a utomobile
Howard Taft (R)
With Roosevelt's
is elected as 27th
W.E.B. Dubois and o thers fo und National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People


1910

1911

Declaring war on G ermany. U S. officially enters
World War I, eventually sending mo re tha n 2
million soldiers into battle
Committee on Public Information is formed to
produce propaganda in favor of U.S. involvement in

Jane Addams publishes Twen ty Years at /filII HOllse, B­_ _+-'-W-'-'o:..:r.:.:
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Congress passes Selective SerJ'ice Act autho rizing
immigrants and poor working peo ple in Chicago.
registration and dra li of all men between the ages
Illin ois
of 21 and 30
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City
Congress passes Espional(l' Act, making it illegal
to interfere with success of U.S. armed forces or
kills 146 garment workers, exposing inhumane
industrial working conditions and helping gain
for'
fire codes and labor laws

states


ies
Revolution bcgins in Russia; Bolshevik Party
overthrows government and signs an armistice with
Central Powers. ending Russia 's participation in
World War J


In speech before Congress, Wilson describes his
Fourteen Points for democracy, free trade, and
peace in Europe and the formation of a League of
Nations to
future wars
Act revises Espionage A ct, effectively
any public criticism of US. policy during
Under Espionage and Seditioll Act.l; Socialist
Party leader and five-time presidential candidate
Eugene V. Debs is sentenced to 10 years in prison
is released in 1921
for anti-war
More than 85 ,000 US. soldiers help Allies win
of the Marne, last maj,0
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Second
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Allied troops take the offensive; U.S. leads Allied
forces to victory at Battle of Argonne; battle ends
with signing of Armistice Treaty, ending combat in
World War I

18th Amendment (Prohibition) is ratified ,
prohibiting manufacture, sale, and distribution of
uor in U.S.
Treaty of Ver.failles is signed between Allies and
Germany, ofTicially ending World War I and
of Nations

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatshy is
published, considered by many as defining work
of 1920s
"Scopes Monkey Trial" in Tennessee sparks
national debate over teaching evolution in public
schools
Ernest Hemingway's The S un Alw Rises is
published, establishin g his leadership in " Lost
Generation" writers of 1920s ex pressing post-war
disillusionment with American values and culture
Charles Lindbergh completes first solo nonstop
flight across Atlantic in Spirit of St. Louis,
traveling 3,600 miles from New York to Paris in

33'1, hours

executed in Massachusetts for robbery and murder;
many Americans believe verdict was unfair and
motivated
New York Yankee Babe Ruth sets record with 60
home runs in one season

Agricultural Adju .•tment Act pays farmers to reduce
crop areas in order to reduce surpluses and raise
values
Tennessee Valley Authority A ct provides economic
development and electricity generation in Tennessee
River watershed
Administration is established to

18th Amendment goes into enect, beginning
Prohibition in U.S.
Reacting in fear to Russian Revolution of 1917,
US. officials arrest more than 6,000 Americans as
communists

William Faulkner's novel The Sound and the
Fury is published, depicting economic decline of
a family in post-Civil War South; considered by
many to be Faulkner's most important literary
work
Stock market crashes ("Black Thursday" on
October 24 and "Black Tuesday" on October 29)
mark end of "Roaring Twenties" and beginning of


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National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is created
to regulate union elections and protect workers'
and strike

United Automobile Workers (UAW) is founded as
national labor union for a utoworkers


WPA (Works Progress

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Provide jobs building roads
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schools, airports, parks, and
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Third Neutrality Act extends provisions of

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president to restrict non munitions sales to a "cash­
basis

Japanese attack Nanking, China, killing more

than 300,000 in what becomes known as "Rape of

1938 Germany annexes Austria, completing Hitler's


dream of Anschluss (joining of Germany and


Conserve resources and

provide jobs for young men

to work on environmental

projects, such as planting

trees, building roads and

parks, and fighting soil

on federal lands

FDIC (Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation)

PWA (Public Works
Administration)

Build ports, schools, and
other public works to provide

employment and revive

American ind

Supply electricity to rural


US. begins

Manhattan

1943 Zoot Suit Riots break out

Mexican Americans in

Rosie the Riveter becomes a famous US.

propaganda symbol of WWII and helps recruit
millions of women to work in wartime industries'
and needed civilian services


Administer national pension

fund for elderly, unemployed,

children, and people with

disabilities

Communist leader Ho Chi Minh takes power in
Vietnam

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"Baby Boom" era of increased birth rate
begins; by mid-1960s, more than 70 million
babies are born in U.S.
Winston Churchill uses term "iron curtain" to
describe Europe's division between Western
powers and area controlled by communist

Soviet Union
Dr. Benjamin Spock's Thl! Common Sense Book
of Bilby and Child Care is published, eventually
becoming one of the best-selling books of all
time
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) is
established to place nuclear power management
under civilian control
Truman Doctrine outlines U.S. plan to limit
spread of communism through political,
military, and economic assistance to
democratic nations
Jackie Robinson

President Truman relieves General Douglas
MacArthur after disagreements over policy in
Korea
J.D. Salinger's The Catcher in the Rye is
published, expressing alienation of youth amid
1950s conservatism and Cold War
1952

western Europe and limit spread of
communism
Taft-Hartley Act prohibits certain labor union
activities and outlaws closed-shop, union-only
US, Department of Defense, National Security
Council, and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
are established
plane, pilot Chuck

sound
lIouse Committee on Un-American Activities
(HUAC) targets communist sympathizers in
entertainment'
lead
to blacklists
1948 Israel is officially declared a nation;
surrounding Arab nations immediately declare
war and attack Israel
[n first major crisis of Cold War, Berlin
Blockade begins with Soviet Union blocking all
access to Soviet-controlled Berlin

1955

first theme park, Disneyland,

Executive Order 9981,
uality of treatment and ordering
.n armed forces
(D) is elected as president by
1949

1956

George Orwell's 1984 is published, ~A'H~"O""5
fears of Cold War and totalitarian
USSR detonates atomic bomb, starting arms
race with U.S.


1950

Eisenhower describes "domino theory" (if
one country falls to communism, others will
follow) as reasoning behind his foreign policy
in Indochina
In Brown v, Topeka Board of Education,
Supreme Court orders school desegregation
and rules "separate but equal" policies
unconstitutional, overturning 1896 Plessy v.
decision
Geneva Convention issues declaration for
peace in Indochina, dividing region into three
nations (Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos) and
Vietnam at 17th
Senate censures Senator McCarthy for
contempt and reckless behavior; his power and
influence
end
Ray Kroc opens first McDonald's franchise,
eventually making it world's largest restaurant
chain
Jonas Salk announces development of polio
vaccine, which eventually eliminates polio as
health threat in U.S.
Warsaw Pact creates military alliance among
communist states in Central and Eastern

Rosa Parks refuses to give up bus seat to white
passenger in Montgomery, Alabama, and

Bus
.
American Federation of Labor (AFL) and
Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO)
merge to form AFL-CIO and become country's
dominant labor
National Interstate and Defense Highways
Act authorizes and funds construction of
41,000 miles of interstate

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1963

James Meredith becomes first African
American student at University of Mississippi;
ensuing violent riots lead President Kennedy to
scnd federal
to that state
In Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy
denounces Soviet Union for installing missile
bases on Cuba and initiates naval blockade

of island; confrontation nearly leads to war
between U.S. and Soviet Union
Alabama Governor George Wallace declares,

Feminine Mystique is
women's movement
Supreme Court rules that state courts must
provide counsel to any criminal defendant
unable to afford
Bob Dylan releases "Blowin' in the Wind,"
establishing his leadership in folk music revival
of 1960s
Usc of fire hoses and police dogs on African
American demonstrators in Birmingham,
Alabama , is telcvised, evoking widespread
for Civil

U.S.

Hot Line Agreement establishes direct
communications link between Washington ,
D.C. , and Moscow to reduce risk of nuclear war
In support of civil rights, more than 200,000
participate in March on Washington, where Dr.
Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers famous "I
Have a Dream"
Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing in
Birmingham, Alabama, kills four young girls,

that prohibiting

is unconstitutional
Worst riot of decade occurs in Detroit,
Michigan; part of series of urban riots known
as the
hot summer"
Thurgood
is confirmed as first African
American
Court Justice
Tet Offensive is launched by North Vietnamese
forces, causing U.S. public opinion to turn
the war
m"TrI"''''<

1968

Supreme Court rules that criminal suspects
have right to counsel during police
Civil Rights Act of 1964 bans discrimination
in education, employment, and public places,
and empowcrs federal government to enforce
Following attack of two U.S. destroyers by
North Vietnamese boats, Gulf of Tonkin
Resolution authorizes President Johnson to use

1969

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Apollo II successfully lands on moon ; Neil
Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become
first
to walk on moon
Woodstock Festival begins in White Lake,
New York , and becomes symbol of 1960s
counterculture
More than 250,000 demonstrators march
on Washington . D.C. to peacefully protest
Vietnam War
First episode of Sesame Streef airs on public
television , pioneering the use of television to
both teach and entertain children
Maya Angelou's I KnolV Why the Caged Bird

Sings is published. an autobiography describing

racism of the 1930s and 1940s
First Earth Day celebration is held with
millions of Americans participating in anti­
lution demonstrations
Ohio National Guard soldiers kill 4 at Kent
State University during student protest against
Vietnam War
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is
founded


1979


African American
State
"Dot-com bubble" (period of investment and
speculation in Internet firms starting in 1995) bursts
in U.S. stock market, causing federal government
to drastically cut interest rates (which leads to the
"real-estate bubble" a few

dissolves and becomes newly
Russian Federation
In meeting at Camp David, President Bush and
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Qaeda terrorists crash two hijacked jets into Twin
Towers of World Trade Center in New York City.
a third jet into Pentagon near Washington. D.C. .
and a fourth into a rural field in Pennsylvania:
catastrophic events collectively become known as
9-11
U.S. and British forces invade Afghanistan to
pursue AI-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and
remove extremist Taliban
Unilin!? and Strengthellill!? America hy Pr()l'iding

Appropriate Tools Reqllired to Intercept and
Ohstruct Terrorism Act of2()()J (commonly
known as the "Patriot Act") increases power of
U.S. law enforcement agencies to search private
communications and records and detain suspects:
critics warn act violates civil

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Iran-Contra scandal exposes Reagan administration
officials trading arms to Iran in return for secret
funding of Contras (Nicaraguan rebels opposing
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