William McKinley, Twenty-fifth U.S. President
(1897-1901) assassinated in September 1901 by a deranged anarchist.
Third President to be killed in office.
Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt, Twenty-sixth U.S. President
(1901-1909)
Education: Higher (College)
"In 1901 the first free-standing public junior college, Joliet (Illinois) Junior College, was established. By the early 1920s, the concept
of the junior college was well established."
Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010
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Food:
At the New York Polo Grounds, a frankfurter served in a
heated bun with assorted condiments starts an American passion -
nicknamed "hot dogs" in 1906 after Hearst cartoonist Tad
Dorgan begins depicting Germans as dachshunds Anderson, Jean American Century Cookbook.
Inventions:
Fingerprinting
"The signature that can't be forged."
Disposable Razor
Invented by King Gillette who made a non-working prototype with sheet steel.
An MIT grad student named William Nickerson figured out a sandwich
method using iron on the outside, a layer of copper, then sheet steel in the middle.
The Men Who Built America (U.S. Steel
and Automobiles)
"Andrew Carnegie had built Pittsburgh's Carnegie Steel Company, which he sold to J. P. Morgan in 1901 for $303,450,000.
It became the U.S. Steel Corporation. After selling Carnegie Steel, he surpassed John D. Rockefeller (Standard Oil) as the richest American
for the next several years. Carnegie devoted the remainder of his life to large-scale philanthropy, with special emphasis on local libraries,
world peace, education, and scientific research. With the fortune he made from business, he built Carnegie Hall in New York, NY, and the
Peace Palace and founded the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Carnegie Institution for Science, Carnegie Mellon University,
and the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, among others."
Meanwhile, Henry Ford's
application to be licensed to sell cars is rejected by A.L.A.M (Association
of Licensed Automobile Manufacturers) who owns the patent on
automobiles (virtual monopoly). So, Ford challenges the owner of the biggest car
company in the country who is a member of A.L.A.M, Alexander Winton,
to a race and wins. As a result of the publicity he attracts
investors and is able to build his first factory that eventually
produces 15 cars (Model A) per day and priced low enough for the
common man. He has to defend himself in court against A.L.A.M. who
takes him to court for patent infringement
(see 1911).
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National Parks - John Muir
John Muir (1838-1914) was America's most famous and influential naturalist and conservationist. He is one of California's most important historical personalities. He has been called "The Father of our National Parks," "Wilderness Prophet," and "Citizen of the Universe."
As early as 1876, he urged the federal government to adopt a forest conservation policy through articles published in popular periodicals. In 1892 he founded the Sierra Club.
In 1901, Muir published Our National Parks, the book that brought him to the attention of President Theodore Roosevelt. In 1903, Roosevelt visited Muir in Yosemite. There, together, beneath the trees, they laid the foundation of Roosevelt's innovative and notable conservation programs.
Photography:
Edward S. Curtis
(American Photographer of Native Americans 1899-1929)