20th Century

By clairefoltz

  • The Gold Standard Act is ratified

  • President William McKinley wins his second term as president

  • The first major oil discovery in Texas occurs

  • The MLB declares itself a Major League

  • The Platt amendment is passed

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  • President William McKinley is shot in New York

  • The first movie theatre in the United States opens in Los Angeles

  • Cuba gains independence from the United States

  • The first cross-country automobile trip in the United States is completed

  • Teddy Roosevelt wins his first election for president

  • The city of Las Vegas, Nevada is formed

  • The Pure Food and Drug Act is passed

  • Oklahoma becomes a state

  • The tradition of dropping a ball in New Yorks Time Square to signal the beginning of a new year is inagaugerated

  • The beginning of the Spanish-American War

  • The Boy Scouts of America is founded