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American History by Decades: 1900s
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Wright Brothers' First Flight
Orville and Wilbur Wright successfully conducted the first powered, sustained and controlled airplane flight in 1903.
Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency
Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th president, is known for his progressive policies and conservation efforts, served from 1901 to 1909.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
One of the deadliest industrial disasters in the US history, leading to many workplace reforms, occurred in 1911.
The Great Migration
The movement of 6 million African Americans from the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West from 1916 to 1970.
19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Amendment that granted American women the right to vote, ratified in 1920.
Stock Market Crash of 1929
A major stock market collapse that marked the beginning of the Great Depression, happened on October 29, 1929.
New Deal Programs
Series of programs, public work projects, financial reforms, and regulations enacted by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in response to the Great Depression during the 1930s.
Attack on Pearl Harbor
A surprise military strike by the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941.
Marshall Plan
An American initiative to aid Western Europe, in which the United States gave over
Brown v. Board of Education
Landmark Supreme Court case in which the Court declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students to be unconstitutional in 1954.
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