Draw a Time line for the following: Write any five important events between 1900 and 1925
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1900
September 8
Galveston hurricane leaves an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 dead. According to the census, the nation's population numbers nearly 76 million.
1901
March 4
McKinley's second inauguration.
September 6
McKinley's is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz in Buffalo, N.Y.
September 14
He later dies from his wounds and is succeeded by his vice president, Theodore Roosevelt.
1903
Treaty signed November 17
U.S. acquires Panama Canal Zone.
December 17
Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C.Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk
Wright Brothers at Kitty Hawk
1905
March 4
Theodore Roosevelt's second inauguration.
1906
April 18
San Francisco earthquake leaves 500 dead or missing and destroys about 4 sq mi of the city.
1909
March 4
William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president.
Mrs. Taft has 80 Japanese cherry trees planted along the banks of the Potomac River.Cherry Trees in Blossom at the Washington Monument
Cherry Trees in Blossom at the Washington Monument
1913
March 4
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated as the 28th president.
April 8
Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures.
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1918
World War I: U.S. enters World War I, declaring war on Germany (April 6, 1917) and Austria-Hungary (Dec. 7, 1917) three years after conflict began in 1914.
Nov. 11, 1918
Armistice ending World War I is signed.
1914
August 15
Panama Canal opens to traffic.
1915
January 25
First long distance telephone service, between New York and San Francisco, is demonstrated.
1916
Treaty signed Aug. 14
U.S. agrees to purchase Danish West Indies (Virgin Islands) for $25 million.
November 7
Jeannette Rankin of Montana is the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.Jeannette Rankin
Jeannette Rankin
1917
March 5
Wilson's second inauguration.
May 15
First regular airmail service begins, with one round trip a day between Washington, DC, and New York.
1918
Worldwide influenza epidemic strikes; by 1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S., 500,000 perish.
1919
January 13
League of Nations meets for the first time; U.S. is not represented.
January 16
Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor. It is later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933.
August 18
Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
September 26
President Wilson suffers a stroke.
November 19
Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate.
1921
March 4
Warren G. Harding is inaugurated as the 29th president.
July 2
He signs resolution declaring peace with Austria and Germany.
1923
Aug. 2
President Harding dies suddenly. He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.
October
Teapot Dome scandal breaks, as Senate launches an investigation into improper leasing of naval oil reserves during Harding administration.
1925
March 4
Coolidge's second inauguration.
March 23
Tennessee passes a law against the teaching of evolution in public schools.
July 10?25
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