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Chronology 1885-1917
The Progressive Era
| Term | Definition |
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| 1885 | Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| 1890 | National American Women Suffrage Association formed |
| 1893 | World's Columbian exposition, Chicago |
| 1895 | Anti-Saloon League formed United States v. E. C. Knight |
| 1898 | War with Spain |
| 1899 | Permanent Court of Arbitration (the Hague Court) created Scott Joplin's "Maple Leaf Rag" |
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| 1911 | fire at Triangle Shirtwaist factory |
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| 1914 | Clayton Antitrust Act Federal Trade Commission Act Panama Canal completed |
| 1915 | National Birth Control League formed |
| 1916 | Louis Brandeis appointed to the Supreme Court Jeannette Rankin of Montana become first woman elected to U.S. House of representitives |
| 1917 | United States enters World War I |