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Gold Standard Act
The Gold Standard Act established gold as the only means of redeeming paper money. Silver would no longer be used to redeem gold. -
McKinley Assassinated - Roosevelt Inaugurated
President McKinley is fatally shot by an anarchist and would die on September 14th. Theodore Roosevelt would also be inaugurated President on September 14th. -
Taft Inaugurated
William Howard Taft is inaugurated President. -
Sixteenth Amendment Ratified
The sixteenth amendment would allow the government to impose a federal income tax. -
Wilson Inaugurated
Woodrow Wilson is inaugurated President. -
Seventeenth Amendment Ratified
The seventeenth amendment is ratified, allowing for U.S. citizens to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. -
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World War I
World War I started after Austria declared war on Serbia following the assassination of Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The war would go global, spanning to all ends of the earth. This war would be known as "The Great War" as well as "the war to end all wars." The war would end with Germany's signing of an armistice agreement with the Allies. -
Eighteenth Amendment Ratified
The eighteenth amendment is ratified, prohibiting the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors." -
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Red Scare
The general American population became concerned about the threat of communism in the American labor movement. -
Treaty of Versailles Signed
The Treaty of Versailles was shaped by the Allied victors of World War I. The treaty would reduce Germany's population and territory by about 10 percent and would force them to accept the war guilt clause. -
Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
The nineteenth amendment is ratified, allowing women the right to vote. -
First Radio Station goes on the Air
The first radio commercial radio station, KDKA, goes on the air for the first time in Pittsburgh, Pensylvania.