Major Events of Presidency:
- 17th Amendment ratified, establishing direct popular election of U.S. senators
- Federal Reserve Act passed
- Maderno overthrown in Mexico by Victoriano Huerta
- Other Peoples Money/Drift and Mastery/The Passing of the Great Race published
- Federal Trade Commission Act passed
- Clayton Antitrust Act passed
- Panama Canal opens
- Tampico incident strains U.S./Mexico relations
- Victoriano Huerta overthrown by Venustiano Carranza
- U.S. troops intervene in Haiti
- U.S. established military government in Dominican Republic
- U.S recognizes Carranza government
- Puerto Ricans granted U.S. citizenship
- 18th Amendment ratified, prohibition begins
- 19th Amendment ratified, granting women suffrage