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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.
President
Description/Significance:
(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)
Atlanta Compromise (1895)
Grover Cleveland
Democrat
(1893-1897)
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)
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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)
William McKinley
Republican
(1897-1901)
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
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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
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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
Theodore Roosevelt
Republican
(1901-1909)
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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)
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Corporations
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Consumers
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Conservation
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)
Woodrow Wilson
Democrat
(1913-1921)
17th Amendment (1913)
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
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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)
First Red Scare (1919)
Palmer Raids (1919-1920)
Strikes of 1919
Chicago Race Riots (1919)
19th Amendment (1920)
Extra Notes/Info on Woodrow Wilson:
Vocabulary Terms to Know
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Imperialism
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Jingoism
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“Yellow journalism”
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“A splendid little war”
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Rough Riders
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Spheres of influence
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Anti-imperialism
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Progressivism
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Muckrakers
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Pragmatism
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Scientific management
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Prohibition
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Conservation
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Preservation
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Deforestation
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Propaganda
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Self-determination
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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
Treaty of Paris 1899
Non-Treaty Results
Insular Cases (1901-1903)
Platt Amendment
Recognition of U.S. Power
The Great War – World War I: 1914-1919
Major Leaders (Civilian and Military)
The War Abroad
Allies
New Technologies
Central Powers
Trench Warfare
MAIN Causes
Militarism
American Expeditionary Force
Alliances
Battle of the Argonne Forest
Imperialism
Armistice
Nationalism
Casualties
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
National Defense Act of 1916
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Opposition to War (Progressives)
Russian Revolution
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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
Zimmermann Telegram
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Migration of Mexicans & African Americans
Declaration of War
Treaty
Fourteen Points
Postwar Problems
Demobilization
First Red Scare
Treaty of Versailles
Labor Conflict
Race Riots