1900-1910 Timeline

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

    We used to back our money with gold, Americans could trade in 20.67 for and ounce of gold.
  • The Inauguration of President William McKinley

    McKinley led our country to victory during the Spanish-American War and raising protective tariffs.
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    The Spanish American War

    It provided America with more land like Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines Islands, Guam.
  • The passing of the Platt Amendment

    We could have other country sell their land our lease their lands to us so we could mine, ect.
  • President McKinley is Assassinated

    He was shot twice in chest and before he collapsed he said "be careful how you tell my wife".
  • Cuba declares independence from U.S

    Basically we used to own Cuba but then they declared their independence from the U.S.
  • the first Major League World Series of Baseball

    This was the first world series to be played in Major League Baseball.
  • The Wright Brothers Make Their First Flight

    They made something that is going to make traveling farther easy.
  • United States Acquires the Panama Canal Zone

    It made trading easier with other countries.
  • President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second time

    That day Theodore Roosevelt was marked for his second term as president.
  • The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is written

    The book is about Eastern European immigrants who had to face hardships and also had to work in a meat-processing plant.
  • The Antiquities Act is passed

    Was an Act passed and was signed by president Theodore
  • The San Francisco earthquake occurs

    This one minute earthquake destroyed a lot of San Francisco.
  • Oklahoma is admitted as a state

    The U.S. amited Oklahoma as the forty-sixth state.
  • The NAACP is established

    It helped colored people get more rights.
  • The inauguration of William Howard Taft

    He was are twenty-seventh president.
  • The RMS Lusitania makes its FIRST voyage

    It was a ship that sunk by a German U-boat.