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20th CENTURY
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20th Century - Part 2 - 1900 - 1913
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2. 1903: Women were granted the right to -?- in Connecticut; 1906: Finland became the first country to grant this right to women; Norway (1907) and Portugal (1911) also granted this right to women.DOWN:
1. 1912: The "unsinkable" British liner -?- sank on April 14-15 after hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic. Some 1513 of her 2224 passengers and crew drowned.
2. 1901: England's Queen -?- died after a reign of over 60 years. Her empire included 1/4 of the earth's population (some 400 million people) and 20% of the world's landmass.
4. 1910: An unpopular monarchy in -?- was overthrown. The new republic took severe anticlerical measures in 1911.
5. 1911: Norwegian explorer Ronald -?- reached the South Pole.
6. 1900: The -?- Rebellion in China grew out of strong resentment of foreign (Western) economic and political influence in China. Though China lost, this did herald the awakening of a new giant on the world scene.
8. 1901: The financier J. Pierpont -?- formed the United States Steel Corporation which would become the world's first billion-dollar corporation.
10. 1904: Japan attacked Port Arthur which started the Russo-Japanese War between Russia and Japan. Winning the war assured Japan's domination of -?- (1905), Korea (1910), and its emergence as a world power.
11. 1913: The 16th Amendment was added to the United States Constitution. It provided power to the federal government to levy and collect a tax on -?-.
13. 1901: The colonies of -?-, part of the British Empire, united under a self-governing commonwealth. New Zealand received dominion status in 1907.
14. 1903: Orville and Wilbur -?- achieved the first powered sustained flight of a heavier-than-air machine (the airplane) in their "Flyer" at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
16. 1910: -?- V became King of England (to 1936).
18. Protesting the plight of workers in Europe, some 9 million -?- emigrated to the United States during the first decade of the 20th century. Millions more went to Siberia, Canada, Argentina, Australia, South Africa, and Algeria. Some 70 million Europeans emigrated prior to 1914.
19. 1905: The -?- League was founded to protect -?- interests in India. In the 1930's it began to demand a separate -?- state in India.
20. 1904: The -?- Cordiale was formed between France and Great Britain.
24. 1905: There was never any doubt at the turn of the century that Russia's military was superior, second to none. This belief crumbled when Japan (-?-) defeated Russia (Goliath) in the Russo-Japanese War.
27. 1906: French officer Alfred -?- was declared innocent of treason by a retrial. He had been accused of giving military secrets to Germany and was deported to Devil's Island for life
29. 1902: -?- Elizabeth Cady Stanton died; 1906: -?- Susan B. Anthony died; 1911: Temperance advocate Carry Nation died; 1912: American nurse Clara Barton died; 1913: Abolitionist Harriet Tubman died.
31. During this period -?- was hit by a series of internal revolutions, an end to its Asian expansion, an industrial crisis, and harvest failures. It was virtually taken out of the European power balance.
32. 1913: Woodrow -?- was sworn in as the 28th President of the United States. The 1912 Democratic platform was called "New Freedom". He served as President from 3-4-1913 to 3-3-1921. He created the Federal Reserve System, led the U.S. through World War I, and devised the League of Nations.
33. 1900: -?- introduced the Brownie camera which provided the masses with a camera that was simple and relatively inexpensive.
37. United States General John J. -?- commanded the Mexican border campaign and pursued the Mexican revolutionary leader Pancho Villa after he had crossed into the United States.
40. 1912: The State of -?- was admitted to the Union as the 48th state.
43. 1910: Inventor Thomas -?- demonstrated the first talking motion picture.
44. While the peace of Europe and its dependencies continued to hold, -?- tested the Entente Cordiale in Agadier and Morocco. France surprisingly found it had a new friend - Britain.
45. 1902: Justice Oliver Wendell -?-, Jr. became a member of the United States Supreme Court and served until 1932.
46. The first ten years of the 20th century were, for the most part, a time of -?-.
47. 1909: American explorer Robert -?- reached the North Pole.
49. 1905: Czarist troops fired on workers in St. Petersburg, Russia. This is known as "-?- Sunday". The October Manifesto issued by Czar Nicholas II, which followed, granted limited reforms.
50. During this period there were regional disputes revolving around Europe and its dependencies. Europe sought security through -?- (which, from time to time, were broken).
51. In 1904 the Roosevelt -?- to the Monroe Doctrine was advanced. It stated that the United States had a responsibility to protect all western hemisphere countries from foreign interference.
53. 1910: The last great gathering of European royalty took place during the funeral procession of King -?- VII of England.
55. 1903: Panama achieved independence from -?-.
56. 1912: The State of New -?- was admitted to the Union as the 47th state.
60. 1910: Pancho -?-, a Mexican revolutionary leader, was defeated in a struggle to become President of Mexico. Several excursions into the United States nearly brought the U.S. and Mexico to war.
Last modified: January 2, 2013