USA History (1900-1910)

1900-The new Hawaii Territory is organized.

1900-Booker T. Washington founds the National Negro Business League with other colleagues.

1900-Congress decide on, and passes a gold standard.

1901-The first Nobel prizes are awarded.

1901-Booker T. Washington's autobiography Up From Slavery is published.

1901-American Socialists form the Socialist Party of America.

September 6, 1901-President William McKinley is assassinated by a mentally ill anarchist named Leon Czolgosz.

1902-Congress passes the Newlands National Reclamation Act to boost the irrigation of southwestern lands.

1902-A Coal strike occurs in the U.S.

1902-The U.S. gains control of the Panama Canal when they bought the rights from a France construction company.

1902-The Teddy Bear was introduced, named after President Theodore Roosevelt.

1903-First successful flight by the Wright Brothers.

1903-Teddy Roosevelt threatens arbitration to end the United Mine Workers' strike.

1903-The first silent movie, The Great Robbery, is a great success.

1903-The Women's Union League forms to urge women to join unions, since male dominated unions seldom recruit women members.

1903-The U.S. supports the successful Panamanian revolt for its own gains.

1904-Construction of the Panama Canal begins.  It is rigorous work that takes years to complete.

1904-Roosevelt issues a message to Congress that becomes the Roosevelt Corollary.

1905-Albert Einstein develops his famous theory of relativity.

1905-Japan defeats Russia in the Russo-Japanese War.  President Theodore Roosevelt helped bring these two countries to peace during this, which he won the nobel peace prize for.

1905-A number of outspoken African Americans come together under W.E.B. Du Bois to form the Niagra Movement

1906-Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle, a shocking exposé of the meat packing industry.

1906-San Francisco suffers a violent earthquake costing an extensive $400 million in property damage.

1906-Kellogg sells Corn Flakes for the first time.  This in now the most popular breakfast cereal in the world.

1907-California's political leaders win restrictions on Japanese immigration.

1908-The Federal Council of the Churches of Christ is formed by religious activists.

1908-Ford produces its first Model-T automobile.

1908-The General Motors Corporation is formed, and is the first the competition for Henry Ford and his corporation.  They are the first car company to develop a line a color painted cars.

1909-Robert E. Peary becomes the first man to reach the north pole.

1909-The National Association for Advancement of Colored People is formed.  (NAACP)