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1848
Seneca Falls Convention, the start of the Women's Suffrage Movement.
1890
Formation of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
1906
Publication of Upton Sinclair's novel "The Jungle", leading to the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.
1906
Teddy Roosevelt's Hepburn Act increases the ICC's authority over railroad rates.
April 6, 1917
U.S. declared war on Germany, entering World War I.
1917
Espionage Act enacted, making it a crime to interfere with military operations.
January 1918
Proposal of the League of Nations by Wilson in his Fourteen Points.
August 18, 1920
Ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote.
October 29, 1929
Stock Market Crash (Black Tuesday), signaling the start of the Great Depression.
Early 1920s
Start of the Harlem Renaissance, celebrating African American culture.
1933
Agricultural Adjustment Act introduced as part of the New Deal.
1935
Social Security Act established old-age benefits and unemployment insurance.
1930s
Dust Bowl severely impacted agriculture in the Great Plains, triggering migrations.
December 7, 1941
Pearl Harbor Attack leading to the U.S. entering World War II.
June 4-7, 1942
Battle of Midway marked a turning point in the Pacific Theater.
June 6, 1944
D-Day, Allied forces invade German-occupied France, leading to Paris' liberation.
August 6, 1945 & August 9, 1945
Atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, respectively, leading to Japan's surrender.
October 24, 1945
Establishment of the United Nations aimed at fostering international cooperation.
1901
Teddy Roosevelt introduces 'Big Stick Diplomacy'.
1903
W.E.B. DuBois publishes 'Talented Tenth'.
1903
Platt Amendment enacted.
1903
Construction of the Panama Canal begins.
1904
Roosevelt Corollary established.
1905
Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle published.
1911
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire.
1909 - 1913
Taft’s Dollar Diplomacy.
1914
Wilsonian 'Moral Diplomacy' introduced.
1914
Outbreak of WWI begins.
1915
Lusitania sunk.
1917
Zimmerman telegram sent.
1917
US declaration of war on Germany.
1917
Committee on Public Information created.
1918
Wilson’s Fourteen Points presented.
1918
18th Amendment ratified.
1919
Treaty of Versailles negotiated.
1919
Schenck v. United States decided.
1920
19th Amendment ratified.
1920s
Harlem Renaissance flourishes.
1920s
Rise of consumerism in America.
1920s
Lost Generation writers emerge.
1920
Palmer Raids & the Red Scare occur.
1921
Immigration Quota Act enacted.
1921
Sacco-Vanzetti Trial begins.
1921
Harding presidency begins.
1925
Scopes Trial takes place.
1928
Kellogg-Briand Pact signed.
1929
Stock Market Crash occurs.
1929 - 1930
Hoover’s response to the Depression begins.
1930s
Dust Bowl devastates the Great Plains.
1933
FDR’s 'First Hundred Days' begins.
1933
FDR’s 'Good Neighbor' Policy implemented.
1930s
FDR’s New Deal programs begin.
1934
Huey Long's 'Share Our Wealth' campaign starts.
1935
Neutrality Acts passed.
1937
Court Packing controversy arises.
1941
Lend-Lease Program established.
1941
Atlantic Charter signed.
1941
Pearl Harbor attacked.
1942
War Production Board created.
1942
Executive Order 9066 issued.
1942
Battle of Midway occurs.
1944
D-Day Invasion takes place.
1945
Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.