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Gold Standard
The US established Gold as the standard, every dollar had value directly linked to gold. -
Newlands Reclamation Act
The west wanted the government the put money into the irrigation in the west. So the act was implemented the act which required the water users to repay construction costs because they benefited from them. -
The Industrial Workers of the World formed
The group was formed to organize unskilled laborers and challenge/ overthrow the capitalist system. -
Hepburn Act
Expanded the power of the ICC or the Interstate Commerce Commission and it strengthened the federal regulation of railroads. -
Election of Woodrow Wilson
He was the 28th president of the US, he won 435 out of 531 electoral votes. Wilson would eventually lead the US into WWI. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act provided a safer, more flexible, and more stable financial system. It provided this by using 12 regional federal reserve banks that were all responsible for managing the nations money. -
US enters WWI
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Zimmerman Telegram
Was a German message sent to Mexico that the US intercepted and decoded. The message read, if Mexico joined Germany in the war against the US they would help Mexico in recovering the land they lost in the 1840s. The message caused outrage with many government officials and led the US further into the war. -
Treaty of Versailles was signed
The treaty was signed in Versailles in Paris. It held Germany responsible for the war and humiliated them, it also gave them harsh penalties.