The 1910s
	American History American Literature European History	1910s CE

1910	1911 Standard Oil Company dissolved by the Supreme Court under the Sherman Antitrust Act. Administration also effected      dissolution of tobacco trusts and proceeded with scores of other antitrust suits
1912 New Mexico and Arizona admitted to the union, the last of the 48 contiguous states.   President Taft won renomination by the Republican party. But the "Bull Moose" candidacy of Theodore Roosevelt split the Republican vote and Democrat Woodrow Wilson won the election.	1913 Woodrow Wilson 1st Ladies: Ellen, Edith The 16th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, authorizing income taxes, was proclaimed on February 25. The 17th amendment, calling for direct popular election of U.S. senators, went into effect two months after Taft left office. Department of Commerce and Labor divided into separate departments. The Federal Reserve Bill became law.
1914 The Clayton Antitrust Bill and the Federal Trade Bill were enacted.       In April, Wilson ordered the U.S. Navy to occupy Veracruz, Mexico during a dispute with President Victoriano Huerta.       In August, the president proclaimed neutrality as war broke out in Europe.	1915 More than 100 Americans were killed as a German submarine torpedoed the British liner Lusitania on May 7.
1916 Wilson Narrowly reelected.277-254EV Charles E. Hughes	1917  The United States purchased the Virgin Islands from Denmark.  Four days after Wilson's War Message, on April 6, Congress declared war on Germany.
1918 In January, outline Fourteen Points as a basis for a peace settlement.  On November 11, an armistice ending World War I is signed.	1919 The 18th, or Prohibition amendment, was proclaimed on January 29

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