Remake of Progressivism by Julian Ramirez Vasquez

1889 Eiffel Tower opens for visitors

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With a start date of January 1887, the work was completed on March 31, 1889. Gustave Eiffel was decorated with the Legion of Honor on the narrow platform at the top. The journalist Émile Goudeau visited the construction site in early 1889 and described the spectacle.

1892 Ida B. Wells crusades against lynching

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fought the Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad for racial discrimination. The lynching of his friend, Thomas Moss, was a turning point in his life. He fiercely opposed the myth that lynching victims "had it coming" and dedicated his life to fighting lynching.

1896 Supreme Court establishes "Separate but Equal" doctrine Plessy v. Ferguson

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Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537 (1896) is a legal decision in U.S. Supreme Court jurisprudence in which the constitutionality of racial segregation even in public places (especially railroad networks) was upheld under the doctrine of "Separate but ...

1898 Marie Curie discovers radium

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On December 21, 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie discovered a new element, radium, a milestone in the history of chemistry and physics. Shortly before, the married physicists had already discovered polonium, named after Marie's native Poland.

1899 Boer War in South Africa begins

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The Second Boer War ( Afrikaans : Tweede Vryheidsoorlog , lit. 'Second Freedom War', 11 October 1899 - 31 May 1902), also known as the Boer War , Anglo-Boer War or South African War , was a conflict fought between the British Empire and the two Boer Republics (the South African Republic and the Orange Free State ) over the Empire's influence in southern Africa from 1899 to 1902.

1901 Theodore Roosevelt becomes President after President McKinley is assassinated

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In 1901, Roosevelt became the 25th vice president of the United States. On September 14, 1901, President William McKinley was assassinated. At the age of 42, Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president of the United States.

1901 Commonwealth of Australia is created

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Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the Australian mainland, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands. Australia is the largest country by area in Oceania and the sixth largest country in the world.

1904 Roosevelt is ELECTED president

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Theodore Roosevelt's presidency began on September 14, 1901, when Theodore Roosevelt became the twenty-sixth president of the United States following the assassination of President William McKinley, and ended on March 4, 1909. Roosevelt had been vice president for only 194 days when he succeeded to the presidency.

1908 Henry Ford introduces the Model T

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The Model T changed the way Americans lived, worked and traveled. Henry Ford's revolutionary advances in assembly-line automobile manufacturing made the Model T the first affordable automobile for most Americans. In 1908, the Model T sold for $850, while competitive cars often cost between $2,000 and $3,000.

1908 Howard Taft is elected president

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William Taft stated that his declaration consisted of a warning to all persons within the jurisdiction of the United States and to American citizens, in general, to carefully and strictly obey the laws of the nation and to avoid participating in the disturbances in the neighboring republic.

1909 W.E.B. Du Bois helps found the NAACP

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On February 12, 1909, the nation's largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization was born.

1910 Mexican Revolution begins

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The Revolution began with a call to arms on 20th November 1910

1912 Woodrow Wilson is elected president

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Democratic Governor Woodrow Wilson of New Jersey unseated incumbent Republican President William Howard

1912 China's Qin dynasty topples

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the emperor and the royal family abdicated the throne in February of 1912. The 1911 revolution was only the first steps in a process that would require the 1949 revolution to complete.

1914 World War I begins in Europe

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World War I, also known as the Great War, started in 1914 after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria.

1916 Woodrow Wilson is reelected

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Although many viewed Hughes as the favorite to win, Wilson, after a close race, defeated him by nearly 600,000 votes of the approximately 18.5 million cast in the popular vote.

1919 Eighteenth Amendment outlaws alcoholic beverages

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the Eighteenth Amendment imposed a nationwide prohibition on alcohol.

1919 Mohandas Ghandi becomes leader of the independence movement in India

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Gandhi launched and directed three major campaigns in the Indian Independence Movement: noncooperation in 1919-1922,

1920 Nineteenth Amendment grants women the right to vote

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Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote.