Boone 1909-1918

Election of 1908

William Howard Taft wins.

Election of 1912

Woodrow Wilson wins.

Election of 1916

Woodrow Wilson wins.

William Howard Taft

Broke up 80 monopolies in 4 years; known for getting stuck in the White House bathtub; heaviest president; the last with facial hair; later became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court.

Eugene V Debs

Socialist nominee for the Election of 1908.

Teddy Roosevelt

Chose Taft as successor but conflicted over his decisions.

Woodrow Wilson

Former president of Princeton and governor of New Jersey; married Edith Bolling Golt.

Fielding Yost

American college football player, coach, and athletics administrator.

Upton Sinclair

Wrote 'The Jungle'.

Ida Tarbell

Wrote 'History of the Standard Oil Company'.

Philippe Bunau-Varilla

Manager of the French Panama Canal; signed the Hay-_______ treaty.

Jeanette Rankin

First woman in Congress elected in 1916; pacifist; voted against US involvement in WWI and WWII.

Henry Ford

Invented Model T and perfected the assembly line.

Franz Ferdinand

Archduke of Austria-Hungary whose assassination led to WWI.

Gavrilo Princip

Assassinated Archduke Ferdinand.

16th Amendment

Passed in 1913; allowed income tax to replace the whiskey tax.

17th Amendment

Passed in 1913; allowed direct election of senators.

Joseph Glidden

Invented barbed wire.