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The Gold Standard
Most of the world had set its currency to gold, this connected almost the entire world -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt becomes president of the United States -
The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified which authorized income tax. -
WWI begins
WWI begins -
The Lusitania
The Lusitania ship is sunk by Germany. This was a US ship and it is one of the main reasons the US joined the war, -
The US enters the war
The United States finally makes the decision to join the war. -
WWI ends
WWI ends. This is the end of the first war between the entire world. -
Treaty of Versailles
The treaty signed in France that officially ends WWI -
Nineteenth Amendment
Woman are allowed to vote after the nineteenth amendment is ratified.