The United States entered the Twentieth Century as a world power along with older world powers of Europe (Angel, vol. 1) such as France, England, and Germany. The United States achieved this power by stepping up its navy. The navy won national support and began its expansion to supremacy, by sending the "great-white fleet" around the world on December 16, 1907 (Angel, vol. 1). This was done to show the world the maturity of American engineering as well as the substance for the "big stick" policy (Dictionary of American History, vol. V). The United States wanted to show and warn the other countries of the world that the US was here and they meant business. Mark Twain said:

"We have pacified some thousands of islanders and buried them...burned th

As the 1900s unfolded, leisure time expanded. Coney Island was a very popular place along with Palisades Park. Baseball, picnics, long Sunday drives in horse and buggies or the new family car, were all popular things to do on a regular basis. Families got together and sang or talked and began having barbeques. Film became popular. In 1902, George Melies accidentally found trick photography. This furthered cinematography, which went along with radio (Angel, vol.1).

Even though changes were made, many things did not change until later on in the century. " By 1900, only a few states had outlawed factory employment of children under ten or twelve years of age" (Angel, vol. 1). Children were disadvantaged until the second decade. In 1903, Mary "Mother" Jones lead an army of kids from Philidelphia to Long Island to protest the employment and exploitation of children.

Science had some breakthroughs in the early1900s. Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung unraveled the mysteries of the human mind. Discoveries of the dimensions of time and space were made. The also discovered that Radioactive materials had medical benefits.

1900 was a very exciting year in America. Dr. Walter Reed and Major William Crawford Gorgas discovered the cause of yellow fever, in Cuba. On January second, the first electric bus took its maiden run in New York City. On November third, the first auto show was held in Madison Square Garden, also in New York City. And on November 7, 1900, McKinley was reelected as president of the United States of America (Angel, vol. 1)

"Roosevelt turned his attention to trusts just 3 months after his 1901 speech to Congress. Trusts were combinations of big businesses that controlled all or most of an industry. Some trusts were formed to increase efficiency through standardizing products or to gain other advantages not usually associated with competition. But other trusts had more sinister aims. By cornering the market for their product or service, they could eliminate price competition, allowing then to charge higher prices to their customers" (Angel, vol.1).

In 1907, the Panic of 1907 occurred, a mild stock market crash. In 1908, The National Conservation Commission was established (Angel, vol.1). In 1909, the NAACP was formed and the Wright brothers form the Wright Co. to produce the airplane commercially. By the end of the decade the United States population was 91,972,266.

Theodore Roosevelt's main policy was to "speak softly and carry a big stick" (Angel, vol.1). Teddy "supported the old guard, which was the conservative political and big business leaders who had been responsible for helping him achieve political success" (Angel, vol.1). He thought that there had to be some type of regulation on the trusts and monopolies. He was not against big business, he just attacked bad business and their bosses, owners who were out to control the government. It was said that:

The first decade of the 1900s brought lots of change, reform, and leisure to the country. But there was still unfinished business. As the century moved on the nation grew on all levels. As we entered WWI, we were a power; we came out a world dominating power. With the stock market going crazy and the citizens inventing new things. The United States of America is what it is today, because of them.

As the production of iron ore and petroleum grew, so did the population. At the beginning of the century the United States populatio

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