CHRONOLOGY

• – William McKinley is assassinated; Theodore Roosevelt becomes president.

• – Antitrust lawsuit is filed against Northern Securities Company.
• – Roosevelt mediates anthracite coal strike.

• – Panama Canal construction begins.

• – Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine.

• – Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act.
• – Hepburn Act.

• – Panic on Wall Street.
• – “Gentlemen’s Agreement” with Japan.

• – William Howard Taft is elected president.