US History timeline & concept chart: 1900-1940: Difference between revisions

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* timeline here<br><br>
* timeline here<br><br>
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* 1897-1901 McKinley 1st term <br><br>
* 1900 McKinley reelected
** defeated Democratic and progressive candidate William Jennings Bryan
** McKinley assassinated by an anarchist in 1902
** 1902 Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes the presidency<br><br>
* 1902-1905 Roosevelt first term<br><br>
* 1903 Coal strike << confirm date
* 1905-1909 Roosevelt 2nd term<br><br>
* 1907 Panic of 1907
* 1909-19313 Taft presidency<br><br>
* 1910 recession
 
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'''BIG IDEAS'''
'''BIG IDEAS'''
<big>'''subsection'''</big>
<big>'''McKinley popularity high with strong economy and Spanish-American War victories'''</big><br<br>
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<big>'''"Theodore Roosevelt''' presidency
* known was "Teddy" and "TR"
* progressive populist
* "'''Bully pulpit'''"
** = exercised rhetorical powers of the presidency (publicity, speeches, setting national agenda)
** effective self-promoter
* "'''strike buster'''"
* "progressive reformer"
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<big>'''Taft presidency'''</big>
* was TR's Secretary of War and appointed successor
* was expected to carry on "Roosevelt legacy"
* governed more conservatively than Roosevelt
* Taft-Roosevelt break: falling out
* "'''Payne-Aldrich Tariff'''"
 
 
 
 
 
 
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<big>'''Panama Canal'''</big>
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* started 1903
* completed 1913<<
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