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Republican President William McKinley defeated Democrat nominee William Jennings Bryan for the second time.
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Leon Czolgosz fired two shots point blank at the president. The president was rushed to the hospital and doctors thought that he would make a full recovering. However on September 14th, President McKinely died and Vice President Theodore Roosevelt became president.
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The Republican incumbant president Theodore Roosevelt beat Democrat Alton B Parker by a large margin.
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Republican William Taft won the Presidency in 1908 against Democrat William Bryan.
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Democrat Woodrow Wilson defeated Progressive candidate Bull Moose, Republican candidate Theodore Roosevelt, as well as Republican William Taft.
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The Panama Canal is about 50 miles in length and connects the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. The Panama Canal made is much easier for ships to travel from the east coast of America to the west coast of America because now they did not have to go around South America.
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Democrat incumbent president Wilson defeated Republican Charles Evans Hughes.
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President Wilson went before Congress and asked them for a declaration of war against Germany on April 2nd, 1917. This is because Germany had used submarines against passenger ships that carried American passengers. Because of Germany's unchecked use of submarines and other aggressions towards the United Staes Congress officially declared war on Germany on April 4th, 1917.
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The treaty of Versailles officially held Germany responsible for world war one and gave Germany several harsh punishments. President Wilson was a big advocate in preventing another world war and so he wrote his 14 points. These 14 points later turned into The League of Nations.
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Republican nominee, Warren Harding easily defeated Democrat James Fox for the presidency.