Imperialism & Progressivism Timeline

For extra credit: Individually, you are going to create a timeline to represent America during the growth of imperialism and the progressive era.

On the timeline, include the year and the events listed below. These dates can be found in online research, the textbook, or notes. Then pick 5 dates and why you think those are the most significant. Write a one page essay to explain your answer. Note the list is not in chronological order—YOU must put them in chronological order.

1. Presidency of James Garfield 2. Presidency of Chester Arthur 3. Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 1) 4. Presidency of Benjamin Harrison 5. Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 2) 6. Presidency of William McKinley 7. President McKinley is assassinated 8. Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt 9. Presidency of William H. Taft 10. Presidency of Woodrow Wilson 11. Matthew Perry takes warships to Tokyo Bay 12. Americans overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii 13. Cuban rebels declare Cuba an independent Republic of Cuba 14. U.S.S. Maine sinks in the Havana Harbor 15. U.S. declares war on Spain 16. Construction of the Panama Canal begins 17. Alfred T. Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power 18. American troops capture Filipino resistance leader Emilio Aguinaldo 19. Secretary of State John Hay sends note on Open Door Policy in China 20. Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives 21. Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle 22. Pure Food and Drug Act passed 23. 17th Amendment requires direct election of senators 24. 19th Amendment grants women’s suffrage 25. T. Roosevelt supports passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act 26. W. Taft establishes the Children’s Bureau 27. W.E.B DuBois and other African American leaders launch the Niagara Movement 28. N.A.A.C.P is founded 29. Federal Reserve Act 30. Clayton Antitrust Act