Presidential Chronology- Harrison-Hoover Flashcards
National Farmer’s Alliance (1889)
Benjamin Harrison
Department of Agriculture
Benjamin Harrison
Oklahoma Territory opened for settlement (1889)
Benjamin Harrison
Brought in N. Dakota, S. Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Idaho, and Oklahoma.
Benjamin Harrison
Hull House (1889)
Benjamin Harrison
Billion Dollar Congress (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley Tariff [raised duties on manufactured goods] (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Sherman Anti-Trust Act (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
United Mine Workers (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Wounded Knee (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Census declares frontier closed (1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Alfred Thayer Mahan -
“Influence of Sea Power on History”
(1890)
Benjamin Harrison
Basketball invented at Springfield, Massachusetts (1891)
Benjamin Harrison
Homestead Steel Strike (1892)
Benjamin Harrison
Populist Party organized (1892)
Benjamin Harrison
Columnist Exposition in Chicago (1892)
Benjamin Harrison
Sierra Club, John Muir (1892)
Benjamin Harrison
Ellis Island opened (1892)
Benjamin Harrison
Fredrick Jackson Turner-
“Significance of Frontier in American History” (1893
Benjamin Harrison
Queen Lili overthrown (1893)
Grover Cleveland
Stephan Crane-
“Maggie: A Girl of the Streets”
(1893)
Grover Cleveland
Panic of 1893 (depression last until 1897)
Grover Cleveland
Black Friday
Grover Cleveland
Repeals Sherman Silver Purchase Act (1893)
Grover Cleveland
Drought (1894)
Grover Cleveland
Wilson-Gorman Tariff (1894)
Grover Cleveland
Coxey’s Army (1894)
Grover Cleveland
Pullman Strike (1894)
Grover Cleveland
United States v. E. C. Knight Co. (1895)
Grover Cleveland
Borrowed $62 million from J. P. Morgan (1895)
Grover Cleveland
Coney Island opened (1895)
Grover Cleveland
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
Grover Cleveland
New Imperialism
William McKinley
Library of Congress opens (1897)
William McKinley
Teller Amendment (1898)
William McKinley
Charlotte Perkins Gilman-
“Women and Economics”
(1898)
William McKinley
Battleship Maine (1898)
William McKinley
Spanish-American War (1898)
William McKinley
Rough Riders (1898)
William McKinley
Acquisition of Hawaii (1898)
William McKinley
Philippines guerrilla warfare (1898-1902)
William McKinley
Thorstein Veblen-
“The Theory of the Leisure Class”
(1899)
William McKinley
Open Door Policy (1899)
William McKinley
Kate Chopin-
“The Awakening”
(1899)
William McKinley
Theodore Dreiser-
“Sister Carrie”
(1900)
William McKinley
Boxer Rebellion (1900)
William McKinley
Foraker Act [Puerto Rico] (1900)
William McKinley
Currency Act [places U. S. on gold standard] (1900)
William McKinley
Social Party (1900)
William McKinley
Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt
“Trust Buster”
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Forest Service/National Parks and Nature Preserves
Theodore Roosevelt
Modernized Army: Great White Fleet, Army College, etc.
Theodore Roosevelt
United States Steel, J. P. Morgan (1901)
Theodore Roosevelt
Platt Amendment (1901)
Theodore Roosevelt
Anthracite Coal Strike (1902)
Theodore Roosevelt
Philippine Government Act (1902)
Theodore Roosevelt
National Reclamation Act (1902)
Theodore Roosevelt
Newland Act [conservation movement] (1902)
Theodore Roosevelt
W. E. B. DuBois-
“The Souls of Black Folk”
(1903)
Theodore Roosevelt
Big Stick Policy (1903)
Theodore Roosevelt
Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty (1903)
Theodore Roosevelt
Department of Commerce and Labor (1903)
Theodore Roosevelt
Panama Canal Begins (1903)
Theodore Roosevelt
Wright Brothers first air flight (1903)
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln Steffens-
“The Shame of the Cities”
(1904)
Theodore Roosevelt
Ida Tarbell-
“History of the Standard Oil Company”
(1904)
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt Corollary and the Lodge Corollary added to the Monroe Doctrine (1904)
Theodore Roosevelt
Treaty of Portsmouth- Concludes Russo-Japanese War (1905)
Theodore Roosevelt
Industrial Workers of the World [Wobblies] (1905)
Theodore Roosevelt