Historical events in America 1820-1906

Answer 1

In March of 1901, President McKinley is shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz(Sept. 6), and succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt, his vice president (Sept. 14).

In 1903, the U.S. acquired the Panama Canal Zone (treaty signed Nov. 17). Also, the Wright brothers made the first controlled, sustained flight in a heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C. (Dec. 17).

In 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, providing for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures (April 8).

In 1914- 1918, U.S. entered World War I, declaring war on Germany (April 6, 1917) and Austria-Hungary (Dec. 7, 1917) three years after conflict began in 1914. Armistice ending World War I was signed (Nov. 11, 1918)

In 1919, The League of Nations met for the first time; U.S. was not represented (Jan. 13). Tje Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, and transportation of liquor (Jan. 16). It is later repealed by the Twenty-First Amendment in 1933. The Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, granting women the right to vote (Aug. 18). President Wilson suffered a stroke (Sept. 26). Treaty of Versailles, outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, was rejected by the Senate (Nov. 19).

Answer 2

In the 1800s the "Indian Removal Act" took place. Andrew Jackson had force Cherokee native Americans out of their homes to beyond the Mississippi. This was devastating and killed many Native Americans and made them ill. Also the light bulb, and other inventions were invented!

Answer 3

vent is that the harmonica was invented by Friedrich Ludwid Buschmann in 1828.