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From 1910 to 1919

-1901-1917 "The Progessive Era" Though not a coherent, unified movement, it resulted from the need for reform after the 1893-96 depression

-1911 National Urban League on Conditions

-1912 US Childrens' Bureau Act

-1913 US saw an internal "red scare" with domestic bombings. Labor unrest.

-1913 17th Amendment to US Constitution. Allows popular election of US Senators

-1913 Woodrow Wilson became President. He ordered racial segregation in federal agencies and created the Federal Reserve System.

1917 he started his second term

-1916 Federal Income Tax becomes mandatory and permanent.

-1916 Child Labor Act passed

-1917 US declares war on Germany

-1917 Illinios had a very bloody racial conflict

-1918 President Wildson's 14 Points for Peace and the League of Nations

-1919 18th Amendment to US Constitution: Prohibition


-1913 Henry Ford pioneered the assembly line

-1914 to 1918 "The Great War to End All Wars" (WWI) Germany sued for peace November 1918

-1914 Invention and use of the tank for war

-1915 First transcontinental telephone call

Remember Micky Rooney?

The Turn of the Century
1910 to 1919
1920 to 1929
1930 to 1939
1940 to 1949
1950 to 1959
1960 to 1969
1970 to 1979
1980 to 1989
1990 to 1999