Post Info TOPIC: 1900-1910
mre

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Post 10 of the most important events in the decade assigned.  Explain each briefly (descriptively and in context of other events, individuals and issues of that time). 

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Jillian

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1900-1910

America was on the threshold of world leadership. Acquisition of the Philippines and Guam after the recent war with Spain expanded the nation's territorial borders almost to Asia. The Panama Canal would only increase American trade and defense interests.. In an age that saw the rise of oceanic steamship travel, the country's sense of isolation was decreasing.

Important events.

*1901 President William McKinley assassinated, Vice President Theodore Roosevelt takes office.

*1901 Oldsmobile creates the first assembly line.

*1902 - Henry Ford founds Ford Motor Co.

*1903 The Wright brothers make their first sustained manned flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.

*1904 Work on the Panama Canal under Teddy Roosevelt began.

*1905 - 2,500 people die from an earthquake in San Francisco

*1908 - Henry Ford makes his first Model T for $850

*1909 - William Taft is elected President

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Julia

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How great it would be to buy a car these days for 850 dollars. bleh

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Brandi

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Jan. 8, 1900- President William Mckinley puts Alaska under military rule.

Feb. 5, 1900- Britain and the United States sign a treaty for the building of a Central American chipping canal through Nicaragua.

Feb. 22, 1900- Hawaii officially becomes a territory of the United States


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Amanda

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1900- Boxer Rebellion and the U.S. military expedition to China

1901- Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with Britain gives U.S. exclusive right to build the Panama Canal

1905- Roosevelt mediates Russo-Japanese peace treaty

1907-1908- "Gentlemen's Agreement" with Japan, Japan agreed to secretly have Tokoyo halt the flow of laborers into the U.S. by withholding passports.

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melanie<3

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1900- 12 April. Foraker Act confirms Puerto Rico as an unconsolidated territory of the United States.

1902- The United Mine Workers go on strike and the owners refuse to recognize the union; as tensions mount and negotiations fail, Roosevelt calls the two sides to the White House and successfully handles the situation.

1904- National Child Labor Committee formed.

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Tanya

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1902 - Newlands Reclamation Act authorizes the building of irrigation dams across the West.

 
1903 - Department of Commerce and Labor created by Act of Congress; George B. Cortelyou is first secretary.

 
1904 - The Socialist Party nominates Eugene V. Debs for president. The Republicans nominate Roosevelt, who wins handily (by 2.5 million votes) over Democrat Alton B. Parker.


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Kristen

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1900 -National Negro Business League is formed in Boston, sponsored by Booker T. Washington.

 
1901
-Carrie Nation begins a crusade against alcohol, using an ax to demolish the interiors of saloons.

 

1906-Pure Food and Drug Act made it illegal to make or sell food, drugs and alcohol containing improper ingredients, or to give false information on product labels.



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s.bailey

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"Jan. 8, 1900- President William Mckinley puts Alaska under military rule."-brandi

why that heck did he do that? was it b/c there were mad crazy russians there?

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kelsey smith

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1900 - Freud's Interpretation of Dreams

1903 - Wright brothers fly first motorized airplanes

1905 - Einstein announces theory of relativity

1907 - Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon introduces cubism



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