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American History by Decades: 1910s

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Sinking of the RMS Titanic

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British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after hitting an iceberg during its maiden voyage.

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The 16th Amendment

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Amendment to the United States Constitution giving Congress the power to tax income, ratified in 1913.

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The Panama Canal opens

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A man-made 48-mile waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, opened in 1914.

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World War I begins

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Global war centered in Europe that began in 1914 and lasted until 1918, also known as the Great War.

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The Federal Reserve System is established

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The central banking system of the United States, created with the enactment of the Federal Reserve Act in 1913.

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The 17th Amendment

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Amendment to the United States Constitution establishing the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states, ratified in 1913.

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The Espionage Act

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A United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, during World War I to prohibit interference with military operations or recruitment, to prevent insubordination in the military, and to prevent the support of U.S. enemies during wartime.

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The Zimmermann Telegram

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A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico in the event that the United States entered World War I against Germany.

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The Sedition Act

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An extension of the Espionage Act to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds, passed in 1918.

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The Great Migration begins

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The movement of 6 million African Americans out of the rural Southern United States to the urban Northeast, Midwest, and West that occurred between 1916 and 1970.

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