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The U.S. currency is placed on the gold standard.
Americans could trade in $20.67 for an ounce of gold. Between to the dollar and the gold. -
The Inauguration of president william MCKinley.
The first inauguration of William McKinley as the 25th President of the United States. The inauguration marked the commencement of the first four-year term of William McKinley as President and the only term of Garret Hobart as Vice President. -
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The spanish American war Begins/Ends
The Spanish - American War was an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. Hostilities began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of the USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to U.S. intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. -
The passing of the Platt Amendment.
The Platt Amendment was introduced to Congress by Senator Orville H. Platt. The amendment also demanded that Cuba sell or lease lands to the United States necessary for coaling or the development of naval stations. -
President MCKinley Is Assassinated.
William McKinley was the 25th president of the United States until his assassination six months into his second term. -
Cuba declares independence from U.S.
After the Spanish - American War, Spain and the United States signed the 1898 Treaty of Paris, by which Spain ceded Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam to the United States for the sum of $20 million. Cuba gained formal independence from the U.S. on May 20, 1902, as the Republic of Cuba. -
The first Major League World Series of Baseball
The World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball in North America, contested since 1903 between the American League champion team and the National League champion team. -
The wright Brother makes the first flight.
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. -
United states acquires the panama canal zone.
The Canal Zone came under the terms of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 by wich panama granted to the United States, in return for annual payments. The sole right Operate and control the canal and about 5 miles of land on each side. -
President Theodore Roosevelt was inaugurated for the second time.
The second inauguration marked the beginning of the second full term of Theodore Roosevelt as President and the only term of Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice President. -
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair is written.
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. -
The San Francisco earthquake occurs.
The earthquake occurred with its epicenter offshore of San Francisco, which then had a population of approximately 400,000 people. -
The Antiquities Act is passed (how does Theodore Roosevelt use this in conjunction with the National Park system?)
Roosevelt used his authority to protect wildlife and public lands by creating the United States Forest Service USFS and establishing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, 5 national parks, and 18 national monuments by enabling the 1906 American Antiquities Act. -
Oklahoma is admitted as a state.
the people of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories voted favorably on statehood. The vote was certified and delivered to the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting Oklahoma as the forty-sixth state. -
Oklahoma is admitted as a state.
The people of the Indian and Oklahoma Territories voted favorably on statehood. The vote was certified and delivered to the President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt issued Presidential Proclamation 780 admitting Oklahoma as the forty-sixth state. -
The NAACP is established.
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is a civil rights organization in the United States,formed as a bi-racial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington and Moorfield Storey. -
The inauguration of William Howard Taft
The inauguration of William Howard Taft the President of the United States was held in the Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. -
The RMS Lusitania makes its FIRST voyage (tell me what eventually happens to the Lusitania)
the German submarine U-20 torpedoed and sank the British cruise liner Lusitania traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. In a scant 18 minutes, the luxury liner with nearly 2,000 passengers sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Ireland.