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Gold Standard
The Gold Standard Act of 1900 was passed to prevent the country from printing too much money and running out of gold. -
Assassination of the President Mckinely
The President of the United States, William Mckinely, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901 -
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
Theodore Roosevelt Jr served as the 26th president of the United States from 1901 to 1909 -
The Wright Brothers
On December 17th Wilbur and Orville successfully flew a glider , later leading to the invention of the modern day airplane. -
San Fansico Earthquake
The city was demolished with people devastated and 3,000 dead after a hurricane struck. -
stock exchange dropped
NYC stock exchange dropped 50% , thus made many USA banks go bankrupt. Caused nation to Panic even more, during already having economic troubles -
Howard Taft
Taft becomes the 27th president of the United States -
Company Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City caught fire killing 145 workers. -
The Titanic
Four days into the Titanic's voyage the ship struck an iceberg killing 1,514 people. -
Woodrow Wilson
W. Wilson was elected as the 28th president of the United States. Woodrow Wilson based his second term on keeping The USA out of war -
World War 1 begins
the immediate cause for World War 1 was the assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his pregnant wife Sophie, but there was also very many other reasons for the war as well. -
The Lusitania
the Lusitania launched a torpedo at 1:40 p.m. hitting the starboard directly. Also igniting another explosion sinking the ship in 18 minutes killing 1,198. -
The United States enters WW1
No single event caused the United States to enter into World War 1, . Germany's policy of unrestricted submarine warfare indeed became a major factor in drawing the U.S. into the war -
WW1 is over
Germany finally surrendered on November 18,1918 all nations called peace for negotiating. later after some negotiating Germany & Allied Nations signed a Treaty of Versailles, ending the war. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to VOTE! -
The 18th amendment
Prohibition of Liquor.