Chapter 20 Timeline Exercise

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Mar-Apr International Council of Women founded by women reformers from around the world

correct incorrect THE WORLD: May Germany institutes old age pension and disability insurance following health insurance and accident insurance established several years earlier

correct incorrect Mar General Federation of Women's Clubs established

correct incorrect Nov Mississippi becomes first southern state to pass disfranchisement amendment to eliminate the black vote

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Sep New Zealand grants women the right to vote, the first country to do so

correct incorrect Dec Anti-Saloon League of America founded

correct incorrect May Plessy v. Ferguson upholds segregation as constitutional

correct incorrect July Black clubwomen form National Association of Colored Women

correct incorrect Feb U.S. Supreme Court upholds law limiting hours of miners in Holden v. Hardy

correct incorrect Apr In Williams v. Mississippi, U.S. Supreme Court rules that Mississippi disfranchisement amendment does not violate Constitution

correct incorrect Sep Disastrous Galveston hurricane sparks new model of city government

correct incorrect Feb U.S. Steel is formed, nation's first billion-dollar industry

correct incorrect Feb Roosevelt administration initiates first "trust-busting" by prosecuting Northern Securities

correct incorrect Oct President Roosevelt intervenes in anthracite coal miners' strike

correct incorrect Nov First of Ida Tarbell's 19-part investigative report on Standard Oil published

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jun White women in Australia granted right to vote

correct incorrect Mar Lincoln Steffens publishes The Shame of the Cities

correct incorrect Apr U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a law limiting working hours of bakers in Lochner v. New York

correct incorrect Jun-Jul Industrial Workers of the World founded

correct incorrect Jan Upton Sinclair's The Jungle creates public outcry that leads to Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act

correct incorrect Feb David Graham Phillips publishes "The Treason of the Senate"

correct incorrect Aug President Roosevelt dishonorably discharges 167 black soldiers after incident in Brownsville, TX

correct incorrect Sep Race riot in Atlanta leaves 25 blacks dead and dozens wounded

correct incorrect Nov Roosevelt administration begins successful prosecution of Standard Oil for "monopolistic control" of oil business

correct incorrect Jan President Roosevelt designates Grand Canyon a national monument

correct incorrect Feb In Muller v. Oregon, U.S. Supreme Court upholds law limiting hours of female laundry workers

correct incorrect Aug Anti-black riot erupts in Springfield, IL

correct incorrect Feb National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Jan Old age pension instituted in Great Britain

correct incorrect June Mann Act, outlawing transport of women across state lines "for immoral purposes," passed by Congress

correct incorrect Mar Fire at New York's Triangle Shirtwaist Company kills 146 employees

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Dec Great Britain's National Insurance Act provides health insurance and unemployment benefits

correct incorrect Nov Three Progressive candidates-Republican Taft, Progressive Roosevelt, and Democrat Wilson-vie for presidency, along with Socialist Debs, with Wilson winning the election

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Mar British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst and arrested and imprisoned for smashing windows, protesting lack of voting rights

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Apr Titanic sinks in North Atlantic on maiden voyage, killing over 1,500 passengers

correct incorrect Feb Sixteenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, authorizing federal income tax

correct incorrect Apr Seventeenth Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, mandating direct election of senators

correct incorrect Dec Federal Reserve Act passed

correct incorrect Apr The "Ludlow Massacre" in Colorado coal fields leaves 14 dead

correct incorrect Sep Federal Trade Commission established

correct incorrect Oct Clayton Antitrust Act enacted

correct incorrect June Suffragist Alice Paul founds National Woman's Party

correct incorrect Aug Congress creates National Park Service

correct incorrect Sep Keating-Owen Child Labor Act signed into law

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Apr Women from around the world form International Committee of Women for Permanent Peace (ICWPP)

correct incorrect Apr Congress declares war on Central Powers

correct incorrect THE WORLD: Nov Bolsheviks seize power in Russia

correct incorrect Nov The Great War in Europe ends

correct incorrect Jan Eighteenth Amendment ratified, outlawing manufacture and sale of alcohol

correct incorrect Aug Nineteenth Amendment ratified, granting women the vote