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- The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Catches Fire (Mar. 25, 1911) By Michele Anderson. The Triangle Shirtwaist Company’s fire resulted in the tragic loss of nearly 150 young women and girls on March 25, 1911, in New York City.
- The Great Migration Begins (1915) By Isabel Wilkerson. In today’s world African Americans are viewed as urban people, but that’s a very new phenomenon: The vast majority of time that African Americans have been on this continent, they’ve been primarily Southern and rural.
- The Prophet Is Published (Sept. 23, 1923) By Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen. In the aftermath of World War I, the Lebanese-born, Boston-based poet-philosopher Kahlil Gibran wrote what would become one of the world’s most translated works of philosophy: The Prophet.
- The KKK Marches in Washington (Aug. 8, 1925) By James Loewen. When the KKK paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., the headline in the New York Times declared “Sight Astonishes Capital: Robed, but Unmasked Hosts in White Move Along Avenue.”
The Progressive Era. Early 20th Century America in the United States was marked by the Progressive Era. This era was marked by social activism as well as reforms in the political system of the country. Measures such as antitrust laws, and the promotion of women’s suffrage and labor rights, tackled the modern problems that the country faced.
Early 20th century America was flexing its economic muscle. Learn more about the temperance movement, the Titanic and business leaders like William Randolph Hearst and John D. Rockefeller.
- Jennifer Rosenberg
- The 1900s. This decade opened the century with some amazing scientific and technological feats: the first flight by the Wright brothers, Henry Ford's first Model-T, and Albert Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
- The 1910s. This decade was dominated by the first "total war"—World War I. It also saw other huge changes during the Russian Revolution and the beginning of Prohibition in the United States.
- The 1920s. The Roaring '20s were a time of a booming stock market, speakeasies, short skirts, the Charleston, and jazz. The '20s also showed great strides in women's suffrage—women got the vote in 1920.
- The 1930s. The Great Depression hit the world hard in the 1930s. The Nazis took advantage of this situation and came to power in Germany, established their first concentration camp, and began a systematic persecution of Jews in Europe.
Home. 20th Century America. American History Timeline. The 20th century saw the rise of United States as a truly global power. During this century, America became increasingly involved in world affairs such as the World War I and World War II. By the second half of the century, United States had become a global superpower. American History Timeline
20th Century History – Legends of America. Industrial Revolution in the United States. 1919 – United States Year in Review. 1919 Anarchist Bombings. Automobile History. The Battle of Athens: An Obscure American Revolution. The Bum Blockade – Stopping the Invasion of Depression Refugees. Documenting American History.
