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1. Matthew Perry takes warships to Tokyo Bay- 1853

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2. Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 1)  March 4, 1885 – March 4, 1889

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3. Presidency of Benjamin Harrison March 4, 1889 – March 4, 1893

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4. Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives- 1890

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5. Alfred T. Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power- 1890-1892

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6. Americans overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii- 1893

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7. Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 2) 1893-1897

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8. Cuban rebels declare Cuba an independent Republic of Cuba- 1895

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9. Presidency of William McKinley March 4, 1897 – September 14, 1901

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10. U.S.S. Maine sinks in the Havana Harbor- 1898

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11. U.S. declares war on Spain- after Havanna 1898

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12. Secretary of State John Hay sends note on Open Door Policy in China- SEpt 1899

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13. President McKinley is assassinated - September 14, 1901

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14. Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt- 1901- 1909

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15. American troops capture Filipino resistance leader Emilio Aguinaldo- March 1901

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16. T. Roosevelt supports passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act- 1902

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17. Construction of the Panama Canal begins- 1904

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18. W.E.B DuBois and other African American leaders launch the Niagara Movement-  1905

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19. Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle- 1905-1906

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20. Pure Food and Drug Act passed-1906

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21. Presidency of William H. Taft- 1909-1913

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22. N.A.A.C.P is founded- feb 1909

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23. W. Taft establishes the Children’s Bureau- 1912

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24. Presidency of Woodrow Wilson- 1913-1921

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26. Federal Reserve Act- dec 1913

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25. 17th Amendment requires direct election of senators- april 1913

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27. Clayton Antitrust Act - 1914

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28. US enters World War I- 1917

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29. 19th Amendment grants women’s suffrage- 1919-1920

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30. US signs peace treaty with Germany- 1921