1900- 1910 Timeline

By brettgardner
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    The Spanish American War begins/ends

    This war ended the Spanish control in the Americas and resulted in the U.S. to gain territory in the western Pacific and Latin America.

  • The U.S. currency is placed on the gold standard

    With the gold standard, countries agreed to convert paper money into a fixed amount of gold. A country that uses the gold standard sets a fixed price for gold and buys and sells gold at that price.

  • The passing of the Platt Amendment

    The Platt Amendment, an amendment to a U.S. army appropriations bill, established the terms under which the United States would end its military occupation of Cuba and "leave the government and control of the island of Cuba to its people."

  • The inauguration of President William McKinley

    Marked the commencement of the second term of William McKinley as President.

  • President McKinley is assassinated

    He was the third president to be assassinated, so this led to making the modern Secret Service.

  • Cuba declares independence from U.S.

    This made Cuba an idependant country. And now America has one less territory.

  • The first Major League World Series of Baseball

    It gave people a way of entertainment

  • The Wright Brothers make their first flight

    People are discovering how to make faster transporation. So, this improves the way people travel. They had inventend the first successful plane.

  • United States acquires the Panama Canal zone

    The canal allows shippers of commercial goods (anything from automobiles to fuels) to save time and money, which, generally speaking, means lower consumer prices

  • President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second time

    The inauguration marked the beginning of the second (only full) term of Theodore Roosevelt as President.

  • The San Francisco earthquake occurs

    3,000 people died in this earthquake and left 400,000 people homeless. This really damaged the city.

  • The Antiquities Act is passed

    Roosevelt used his authority to protect wildlife and public lands by creating the United States Forest Service and establishing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, 4 national game preserves, 5 national parks, and 18 national monuments

  • "The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is written

    Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the terrible 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.

  • Oklahoma is admitted as a state

    Oklahoma was the 46th state to join the U.S which made us bigger.

  • The NAACP is established

    Civil rights organization in the United States.

  • The inauguration of William Howard Taft

    The inauguration of William Howard Taft as the 27th President of the United States.

  • The RMS Lusitania makes its FIRST voyage

    Lusitania, British ocean liner, the sinking of which by a German U-boat, contributed indirectly to the entry of the United States into World War I.