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President: William McKinley
Dies from a gunshot wound and is succeeded by Vice President Teddy Roosevelt -
Galveston Hurricane
Deadliest hurricane to hit America struck Galveston. Estimated to have killed 6000-8000 people.
Book written about this disaster: Dark Water Rising Picture: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/24962.Dark_Water_Rising -
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President: Theodore Roosevelt
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First Sustained Flight
The Wright Brothers were able to get the first flight in a powered airplane.
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The Panic of 1907
Global financial crisis that led to establishing the Federal Reserve System https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/panic_of_1907 -
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President William H. Taft
"Distinguished jurist, effective administrator, but poor politician"
https://www.whitehousehistory.org/bios/william-taft -
Dissolution of Standard Oil Company
An Oil empire and monopoly created by John D. Rockefeller and his friends were broken up because it controlled everything oil touched. The U.S. government challenged the Standard Oil Company under the Sherman Antitrust Act and was able to split the company to several. Picture: http://www.rarenewspapers.com/view/629220?imagelist=1 -
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President: Woodrow Wilson
America First -
Panama Canal Finished
After purchasing from the French the zone that would become the panama canal, they ran into a problem because they could not close a deal with the columbians that were controlling the area. President Roosevelt quickly started a independence movement in Panama and closed a deal with a newly established government and built the canal.
Big Stick Policy Picture: https://archives.rpi.edu/blog/2014/10/24/panama-canal-centennial-american-success/ -
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World War I
Started with an assassination of the Archduke of Austria-Hungary by a Serbian National.
Lasted 4 years, with the Allied Powers victory -
WWI: U.S. declares war on Germany
Germany declares to continue unrestricted submarine warfare, they continue to sink many ships that were sent from U.S. to the U.K.. After the sinking of Lusitania, the people of America were furious and prompted a move to declare war on Germany. Photo: https://allthatsinteresting.com/ww1-photos -
Treaty of Versailles
World War One ends with this treaty. Picture: https://www.du.edu/news/qa-what-does-versailles-treaty-teach-us-about-aftermath-war -
19th Amendment
Pushed by numerous women suffrage movements.
The 19th amendment stated that states and federal government cannot deny women's right to vote. Photo: http://www.americanyawp.com/text/wp-content/uploads/Womens-Suffrage1.jpg
