P.C.History project
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Updated: 20 Dec 2018
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Colonist land at James TownFirst university in
colonies founded
(Harvard College)French and Indian WarsDeclaration of Independence
signedGeorge Washington's
inauguratedWar of 1812Mexican WarAbraham Lincoln elected presidentCivil WarEmancipation Declaration;
slaves freedLincoln assassinatedReconstructionFirst transcontinental
railroad completedFirst Continental Congress
meets in PhiladelphiaBill of Rights
passedRoosevelt
succeedes
McKinleyU.S. acquires
Panama Canal
ZoneTheodore Roosevelt's
second inaugurationFBI is establishePure Food
and Drug ActWoodrow Wilson
becomes presidentSeventeenth Amendment
of the Constitution is ratified,World War I:
U.S. enters World War I,
declaring war on GermanyWorld
War
One
endsTreaty
of
VersaillesFirst long distance
telephone service,
between New York and
San Francisco, is demonstrated.Jeannette Rankin
of Montana
is the first woman
elected to the U.S.
House of Representatives.Wilson's second inauguration.Worldwide influenza
epidemic strikesWilliam Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president.Eighteenth Amendment
to the Constitution is ratifiedNineteenth Amendment
to the Constitution is ratifiedWarren G.
Harding is inaugurated
as the 29th president.President Harding dies suddenly.
He is succeeded by his vice president, Calvin Coolidge.Tennessee passes
a law against the teaching
of evolution in public schools.Herbert Hoover is
inaugurated as the
31st president.Stock market crash
precipitates the Great
Depression.The Star-Spangled Banner
is adopted as the national anthem.Franklin Roosevelt
is inaugurated as the 32nd president.New Deal recovery
measures are enacted
by Congress.Twenty-First Amendment to
the Constitution is ratified,
repealing Prohibition.Works Progress Administration
is established.Social Security
Act is passed.F. Roosevelt's
second inauguration.Fair Labor Standards Act
is passed, setting the first
minimum wage in the U.S.
at 25 cents per hour.World War II: U.S.
declares its neutrality
in European conflict.F. Roosevelt's third
inauguration.
He is the first and
only president elected
to a third term.Wright brothers’ flightWashington DC
becomes capital of
national governmentU.S. agrees to purchase
Danish West Indies
(Virgin Islands) for $25 million.
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