Events
1890: Massacre at Wounded Knee.
lost major hostilities between Native
Americans and US Army, resulting in
the slaughter of over a hundred unarmed
Indians.1898: Spanish-American War: US takes on Spain
following the destruction of The USS Maine in the
harbor of Havana, Cuba, blamed on Spanish
terrorists. Theodore Roosevelt becomes a war
hero at the battle of San Juan Heights. Comomdore
Dewey defeats a Spanish fleet in the Phillippines.1901: William McKinley assassinated. Theodore
Roosevelt, champion of progressive causes,
becomes president.Franz Ferdinand, archduke of the
Austrian-Hungarian Empire is murdered. Within
weeks, Europe is at war: Germany, Austria-Hungary,
and the Ottoman Empire fight against France,
Russia, and the United Kingdom + their allies. World
War I has begun.August: The German thrust into France is
halted. Trenches are dug, machine guns have
changed the face of war. Stalemate will rule on
the western front until 1918.1915: Ocean line Lusitania sunk
by German boat. American
passengers die; Americans outraged.1917: The Zimmerman Telegram:
German asks Mexico to war against the US
if the US ever enters WWI. President Wilson
intercepted this and used it as a cause for war.
America enters the fight.1918: Treaty of Brest-Litovsk: Russian Monarchy
overthrown by communist rebels. Rebels withdraw
from the war and make peace with Germany.1918: Meuse-Argonne offensive: last major
action of the war where fresh American troops
and material enable the allies to push German forces back.Treaty of Versailles: ended first world war,
redrew the map of Europe, blamed Germany for the war.Periods
Gilded Age: Americans expand westward.
The industrial revolution spurs on the achievement of the
Robber-Barons and business leaders. Political "machines" turn
most urban elections into corrupt bargains.
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