Major Events

Chapter 28 · 1901–1912

McKinley assassinated; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president

1901

Roosevelt arbitrates the anthracite coal strike

1902

Newlands Reclamation Act funds western irrigation

1902

Elkins Act outlaws secret railroad rebates

1903

Northern Securities Co. dissolved by the Supreme Court

1904

Roosevelt elected president in his own right

1904

Hepburn Act expands ICC rate-setting power

1906

The Jungle published; Meat Inspection & Pure Food and Drug Acts

1906

Muller v. Oregon upholds women's maximum-hour laws

1908

William Howard Taft elected president

1908

Payne-Aldrich Tariff angers progressive Republicans

1909

Ballinger-Pinchot Affair splits the Republican Party

1910