| 1919-03-03 | Schenck v. United States: Supreme Court Creates 'Clear and Present Danger' Test, Upholds Espionage Act Convictions
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1918-09-14 | Eugene V. Debs Sentenced to Ten Years for Antiwar Speech, Runs for President from Prison
3 src Eugene V. Debs · Woodrow Wilson |
| confirmed |
| 1917-08-01 | Frank Little Lynched: IWW Executive Board Member Murdered by Vigilantes in Butte
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) · Anaconda Copper Mining Company |
| confirmed |
| 1917-07-28 | War Industries Board Established: Bernard Baruch and "Dollar-a-Year Men" Institutionalize Corporate-Government Fusion
3 src Woodrow Wilson · U.S. War Department |
| confirmed |
| 1917-07-12 | Bisbee Deportation: Phelps Dodge and Vigilantes Illegally Deport 1,300 Striking Miners
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1917-06-15 | Espionage Act Signed: Wilson Criminalizes Antiwar Speech, Targets IWW Labor Organizers and Socialists
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) · Eugene V. Debs |
| confirmed |
| 1917-04-13 | Committee on Public Information Created: Wilson Establishes Federal Propaganda Machine
3 src Woodrow Wilson |
| confirmed |
| 1916-11-05 | Everett Massacre: Lumber Company Vigilantes Kill IWW Members at City Dock
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1915-11-25 | KKK Revived at Stone Mountain Cross Burning: Simmons Coordinates with Birth of a Nation Premiere
3 src William J. Simmons · Ku Klux Klan |
| confirmed |
| 1915-02-08 | Birth of a Nation Premieres in Los Angeles: Groundbreaking Film Glorifies KKK, Depicts Black Americans as Evil
4 src Woodrow Wilson · William J. Simmons · Ku Klux Klan |
| confirmed |
| 1915-01-25 | Rockefeller Testifies Before Walsh Commission: Three Days of Public Humiliation Over Ludlow Massacre
6 src John D. Rockefeller Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1914-10-15 | Clayton Antitrust Act Signed: Labor Unions Exempted from Antitrust Laws, Gompers Calls It Labor's Magna Carta
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Samuel Gompers · American Federation of Labor |
| confirmed |
| 1913-10-03 | Underwood Tariff Slashes Corporate Protection, Establishes Modern Income Tax After 16th Amendment
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Democratic Party |
| confirmed |
| 1913-04-11 | Wilson Administration Segregates Federal Government: Jim Crow Comes to Washington
3 src Woodrow Wilson · NAACP | | confirmed |
| 1913-04-08 | 17th Amendment Ratified: Direct Election of Senators Ends State Legislature Appointments and Deadlock Corruption
3 src U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1913-02-25 | Paterson Silk Strike: IWW Leads 25,000 Workers in Five-Month Struggle Against Textile Manufacturers
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) · John Reed |
| confirmed |
| 1913-02-03 | 16th Amendment Ratified: Federal Income Tax Established to Shift Burden from Middle Class to Wealthy
3 src U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1912-08-07 | Theodore Roosevelt Forms Bull Moose Party After GOP Convention Theft: Republican Split Ensures Wilson Victory
4 src Theodore Roosevelt · William Howard Taft · Woodrow Wilson · Republican National Committee | | confirmed |
| 1912-04-18 | Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Mine War: West Virginia Declares Martial Law, Mother Jones Imprisoned
3 src United Mine Workers of America |
| confirmed |
| 1912-01-12 | Lawrence "Bread and Roses" Strike: IWW Unites 20,000 Workers Across 51 Nationalities, Wins 15% Raise
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1910-03-19 | Insurgent Republicans Revolt Against Speaker Cannon: 29-Hour Session Strips Autocratic Powers, Splits GOP
4 src William Howard Taft |
| confirmed |
| 1909-08-05 | Payne-Aldrich Tariff Betrays Progressive Promises: Taft Praises "Best Tariff Bill," Splits Republican Party
4 src William Howard Taft |
| confirmed |
| 1902-01-01 | Water Cure Torture Scandal - Senate Investigation Exposes Systematic Abuse
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · William Howard Taft | | confirmed |
| 1901-09-28 | Balangiga Massacre Triggers Samar Pacification - Scorched Earth Retaliation
3 src Theodore Roosevelt | | confirmed |
| 1901-03-02 | Platt Amendment Enacted - Cuba Becomes U.S. Protectorate
3 src William McKinley · Elihu Root | | confirmed |
| 1900-06-20 | Boxer Rebellion - Eight-Nation Alliance Invasion Enforces Imperial Control
3 src William McKinley | | confirmed |
| 1899-09-06 | Open Door Policy Announced - Corporate Imperialism Disguised as Free Trade
3 src William McKinley | | confirmed |
| 1899-02-04 | Philippine-American War Begins - Liberation Becomes Brutal Occupation
3 src William McKinley | | confirmed |
| 1898-07-07 | Hawaii Annexation - U.S. Legitimizes Corporate Coup Against Monarchy
3 src William McKinley · Sanford B. Dole · U.S. Marines | | confirmed |
| 1898-04-25 | Spanish-American War Begins - Imperial Expansion Under Humanitarian Pretext
3 src William McKinley · Theodore Roosevelt · U.S. Navy · Spanish Empire | | confirmed |
| 1893-03-03 | Anti-Pinkerton Act: Congress Limits Private Armies After Homestead Violence
3 src U.S. Congress · Pinkerton Detective Agency |
| confirmed |
| 1890-01-01 | Company Towns and Debt Peonage: Corporate Control of Coal Mining Communities
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 1887-02-04 | Interstate Commerce Act: First Federal Regulatory Response to Corporate Monopoly
3 src U.S. Congress · Interstate Commerce Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1886-05-10 | Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad: The Corporate Personhood Precedent That Never Was
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Santa Clara County |
| confirmed |
| 1884-11-04 | Cleveland Election Marks Shift Toward Corporate Campaign Financing
3 src Grover Cleveland · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1884-06-03 | Mugwump Republicans Bolt Party Over Blaine Nomination, Citing Corruption
3 src Grover Cleveland |
| confirmed |
| 1877-03-01 | Munn v. Illinois: Supreme Court Affirms Public Power to Regulate Monopolies
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Illinois Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 1873-11-19 | Boss Tweed Convicted After Second Trial
3 src William "Boss" Tweed · Elihu Root |
| confirmed |
| 1871-10-21 | Thomas Nast Cartoon Depicts Tweed as Money Bag
3 src William "Boss" Tweed | | confirmed |
| 1871-07-08 | New York Times Exposes Tweed Ring with Stolen Records
3 src New York Times · William "Boss" Tweed | | confirmed |
| 1817-03-03 | Madison Vetoes Bonus Bill for Internal Improvements on Constitutional Grounds, Setting Precedent Against Federal Infrastructure
3 src James Madison · John C. Calhoun · Henry Clay · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1814-12-15 | Hartford Convention Federalist Secession Threat Establishes Nullification Precedent
3 src | | confirmed |
| 1806-11-27 | Burr Conspiracy and Acquittal Establishes Elite Immunity from Treason Prosecution
3 src Thomas Jefferson · John Marshall | | confirmed |
| 1754-06-19 | Albany Congress Exposes Franklin to Haudenosaunee Democratic Model
3 src Benjamin Franklin · Haudenosaunee Confederacy | | confirmed |
| 1754-05-15 | Haudenosaunee Confederacy: Democratic Practices Influencing Constitutional Design
3 src Haudenosaunee Confederacy · Benjamin Franklin · Indigenous Leadership | | confirmed |
| 1750-01-01 | Andean Ayllu: Sophisticated Communal Indigenous Governance Model
3 src | | confirmed |
| 1722-08-25 | Haudenosaunee Great Law of Peace: Indigenous Democratic Foundation
4 src Haudenosaunee Confederacy · Indigenous Leadership | | confirmed |
| 1722-08-25 | Tuscarora Nation Joins Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Creating Six Nations
3 src Haudenosaunee Confederacy | | confirmed |
| 1600-01-01 | Iroquois Women: Political Power and Governance Roles
4 src | | confirmed |
| 1142-01-01 | Haudenosaunee Confederacy: Pre-Constitutional Democratic Model
3 src Haudenosaunee Confederacy · Indigenous Leadership · Benjamin Franklin · John Adams · +1 |
| confirmed |