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When did the support for populism begin to rise?
1890
When was the sherman anti-trust act?
1890
When was the massacre at wounded knee?
1890
When was Grover Cleveland elected?
1892
When was general electric founded?
1892
When was the homestead steelworks strikes
1892
When was the financial panic and start of depression?
1893
When was the turner thesis and the end of the frontier
1893
When was McKinley elected?
1896
When did dow jones industrial average start
1896
When was the Plessy v Ferguson case - ‘separate but equal’
1896
When did standard oil control 84% of US oil
1898
When did the spanish American war start?
1898
When was McKinley assasinated?
1901
When was US steel formed?
1901
When was the platt amendment? - It permitted extensive U.S. involvement in Cuban international and domestic affairs for the enforcement of Cuban independence
1901
When was Ford Motor Company founded?
1903
When was the alaska boundary dispute resolved?
1901
When was the roosevelt corollary? - addition to the monroe doctrine - The Roosevelt Corollary was a 1904 policy stating that the United States would intervene in Latin American countries to maintain stability and keep European powers out.
1904
When was the financial panic that was averted by J P Morgan
1907
When was the voyage of the great white fleet?
1907
When was the NAACP founded?
1909
When was the ‘Bull Moose’ progressive party founded?
1912
When was there US military intervention in Nicaragua?
1912
When was the federal reserve esablished?
1913
When was there a women’s suffrage parade in NYC?
1913
When was the modern KKK founded?
1915
When was the sinking of the Lusitania?
1915
When was the Espionage Act passed? - made it illegal to interfere with U.S. military operations or support its enemies during wartime.
1917
When did the US enter WW1?
1917
When was the Red Scare: the first palmer raids?
1919
When was the 18th amendment passed? - Prohibition
1919
When was the Paris Peace Conference?
1919
When was the election of Warren Harding?
1920
When was the 19th amendment passed? - Women’s suffrage
1920
When did the US reject the League of Nations?
1920
When was income tax introduced?
1913
When was the workmens compensation act put in place?
1916
When did the democrat and populist parties merge and why?
1896 - so that they didn’t lose votes to each other in the election
When was the federal reserve act?
1913
When and what was the federal child labour act?
1916 - Banned the sale of products made by children under certain ages to curb child labor in the U.S.
When and what was the federal trade comission?
1914 - prevent unfair business practices and protect consumers through regulation and enforcement
When and what was the clayton anti trust act?
1914 - aimed to prevent anti-competitive practices by prohibiting price discrimination, exclusive dealings, and mergers that substantially reduced market competition
When and what was the selective service act?
1917 - required men to register for the military draft to ensure enough troops for World War I
When and what was the organic act?
1916 - created the National Park Service to preserve and manage US national parks and natural landmarks for public enjoyment
When and what was the second open door policy?
1900 - reaffirmed US support for equal trade access in China
When and what was the open door policy?
1899 - promoted equal trade access to China for all foreign nations while preserving China’s territorial integrity
When and what was the teller amendment?
1898 - stated that the US would not annex Cuba and would leave control of the island to its people after the Spanish-American War
When and what was the Knox-Porter resolution?
1921 - formally ended US involvement in WW1, as the US had not ratified the Treaty of Versaille
When was Harrison president?
1889-1893
When was Cleveland President? (Second term)
1893-1897
When was McKinley President?
1897-1901
When was Roosevelt president?
1901-1909
When was Taft President?
1909-1913
When was Wilson president?
1913-1921
Hom many immigrants moved to the US 1901-1910
14 million
When was the Alaska-Yukon gold rush?
1897-1899 - increased amount of gold in circulation
How many miles of railroad track was there in total in 1890?
167,000
What did Baldwins produce 1914-1918 for the allies?
6 million artilery shells
5500 military locomotives
When was the Pittsburg Steelworker Strike and way did it happen?
1892 → wages cut and they refused any union negotiations
When was the Pullman Strike and why did it happen?
1894 → Pullman company cut wages but refused to reduce employee housing rent.
paralysed the railroad system aross the US
When was the Roosevelt corollary?
1904
When did the US establish a protectorate over E.Samoa?
1900
When did the US buy the Philipenes and for how much?
1898 - $20million
When did the US intervene in Venesuela?
1895
When was the panama canal built?
1904-1914
→ Opened Aug 1914 and linked the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
When was the Spanish-American war and what did the US gain from it?
1898
→ aquisition of Puerto Rico, Guam and the Philipenes
→ Independence of cuba from spanish rule
When was the Spanish-Cuban war?
1895-1898
How many more tons of iron & steel is the US producing compared to Britain by 1910?
20 million tons
How mush did iron production increase 1890-1900?
920,000 tons - 10.3 million tons
How much of the world’s wheat is the US producing by 1900? (%)
25%
When did Ford raise his worker’s income and by how much?
1914 - raises wages from $2.83/9hr day to $5.00/8hr day
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