Study Tool: Chronological Events of the 1901-1914 Era

( ) with specific name – Name is for reference so you can find the information in the index if needed.

Date	Presidential Election/Event	Beyond America/ Foreign Policy	Government Institutions	US Land Expansion	US Economic Development	Issue/Organization Development	Political Party Development
1900-11	William McKinley vs. William Jennings Bryan
		Canal: Britain gives up right to participate in canal (Hay-Paucefote Treaty)
1901-09	McKinley, assassinated by anarchist; T.R. President
1901-11		Canal: Congress, favors Nicaraguan route, later Panama					TR – the “Square Deal”
1902		US Navy into Venezuela – German & British debt collection in region		Newlands Reclamation Act -	Anthracite coal strike – Square Deal	Muckrackers – McClure’s and other magazines
1903		Canadian-US boundary – arbitration + “big stick”	Department of Commerce established; Bureau of Corporations		Rebates blocked (Elkins Act) – what it shows.
1903-10		Canal: Panama zone from Columbia (Hay-Herran Convention), but not ratified by Columbian Senate
1903-11		Canal: Panama revolt; Panama zone from Panama (Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty)		Panama Canal Zone (99-year rental)
1904			Supreme Court: North Securities violates Sherman Anti-Trust
1904-11	Theodore Roosevelt vs. Alton B. Parker vs. E. V. Debs (Socialist)
1904-12		Dominican Republic – debt collection Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
1905		Far East: T.R. in ending Russo-Japanese War (Portsmouth treaty); Korea, Philippines arrangement	Supreme Court: Locher v. New York – what it shows.			Niagara Conference – W.E..B. Du Bois
1906					Hepburn Act	“Yellow Peril” trend -San Francisco School Board segregation

Date	Presidential Election/Event	Beyond America/ Foreign Policy	Government Institutions	US Land Expansion	US Economic Development	Issue/Organization Development	Political Party Development
1906					Pure Food and Drug Act (FDA); Meat Inspection Act
1907-02		“Gentleman’s Agreement”
1908-11		China Open Door, Root-Takahira Agreement
1908-11	William Howard Taft vs. William Jennings Bryan	“Dollar Diplomacy”
1909		US investors into Honduras to block British			Payne-Aldrich Tariff – raise ½ items	NAACP - National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and The Crisis start
1910		Far East: Attempted US investments in Manchuria	1910 – Ballinger – Pinchot dispute				T.R. – “New Nationalism”
1911-06		Canal: Require Nicaragua to give US control of customs, debt payment (Senate rejects)
1912-08		Canal: Nicaragua revolt; US troops (through 1933)
1912							Taft – T.R. division
1912-11	William Howard Taft vs. Woodrow Wilson vs. T. Roosevelt vs. E. V. Debs (Socialist)						T.R.’s Progressive Party
1913	President speaks to Congress (on the tariff) – 1^st time since Jefferson’s precedent	Mexico: Ongoing coups (since Taft), US Marines - Tampico and Vera Cruz incidents	16^th Amendment – income tax 17^th Amendment – direct election of Senators		Federal Reserve Act Federal Trade Commission[1] Underwood Tariff – lower to 30%	Suffrage parade – Washington DC
1914				Panama Canal – officially open (August)	Clayton Anti-Trust Act – “Magna Carta of Labor”
1915						Leo Frank case concludes – lynching

Keyword List on the Presidency: Theodore Roosevelt (T.R.) “agenda” and background – Square Deal, later New Nationalism – two sections of the textbook Taft’s agenda and background- Woodrow Wilson’s agenda and background- - New Freedom Keyword List on Financial and Business Issues: Trust reform – North Securities case, issues and decision US Steel – issues- Chapter 20 Paternalism National Association of Manufacturers – laws desired- Chapter 21 Scientific Management – Frederick Winslow Taylor – Taylorism Keyword List on Labor: International Workers of the World (“Wobblies”) Supreme Court cases and what they show about working conditions 1911 – New York City - Triangle Shirtwaist Factory- Chapter 21 1914 – Colorado Ludlow Massacre- Chapter 21 Keyword List on Minorities: 1903 W.E.B. Du Bois – Souls of Black Folks Keyword List on Women and Children (Notice the LOCAL, STATE push.): 1910 – Boy Scouts 1912 – Girl Scouts Shift to trying to get states to accept women’s suffrage – Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Kansas, Montana, Nevada – from 1910 to 1914 Keyword List on Prohibition (Notice the LOCAL, STATE push.): Shift to trying to get states to accept prohibition – “dry”/”wet” states

Keyword List on Conservation: Conservation – T.R.’s term- Chapter 20 Conservation – Taft’s term- Chapter 21 Keyword List on News: Reform topics covered in McClure’s magazine- Chapter 20 Response by T.R. and his using the muckraker term- Chapter 20 Ida M. Tarbell – Standard Oil Lincoln Steffens - St. Louis corruption; The Shame of the Cities Upton Sinclair and The Jungle Keyword List on Political Changes and Elections: Socialists and E. V. Debs- two sections of the textbook T.R.’s New Nationalism- Chapter 21 Keyword List on Governmental Reform (Notice the LOCAL, STATE push.): Voting reforms – types and purpose (direct primary, referendum, initiative, recall)-567 Voting reforms – spread and vulnerability City government reform – commission or “Galveston idea” form City government reform – city manager form Regulatory reform and reliance on experts- Reform in states- Chapter 20 Reform in states – LaFollette example- Chapter 20

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[1] Replaces Bureau of Corporations