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"for half a century beginning in 1879, Americans could trade in $20.67 for an ounce of gold. The country effectively abandoned the gold standard in 1933, and completely severed the link between the dollar and gold in 1971."
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"First inauguration of William McKinley. Chief Justice Melville Fuller administering the oath to McKinley as President in 1897. Out-going President Grover Cleveland stands to the right. The first inauguration of William McKinley as the 25th President of the United States took place on Thursday, March 4, 1897."
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"The war played a big part in our country's future. Due to the war we gained a lot of land. The Spanish–American War was an armed conflict between Spain and the United States in 1898. The location of the war was Cuba, Puerto Rico, Gaum, and Philippines."
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"The Platt Amendment was introduced to Congress by Senator Orville H. Platt on February 25, 1901. It passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 43 to 20. ... The amendment also demanded that Cuba sell or lease lands to the United States necessary for coaling or the development of naval stations."
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William McKinley Jr. was the 25th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination six months into his second term.
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"On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. The Wrights used this stopwatch to time the Kitty Hawk flights."
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"the Canal Zone came into being on May 4, 1904 ("Acquisition Day"), under the terms of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 (see below) by which Panama granted to the United States, in return for annual payments, the sole right to operate and control the canal and about 5 miles (8 km) of land on each side."
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"The second inauguration of Theodore Roosevelt as President of the United States, took place on Saturday, March 4, 1905. The inauguration marked the beginning of the second (only full) term of Theodore Roosevelt as President and the only term of Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice President."
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"The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry. His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. "
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"Earthquakes usually occur along fault lines, the lines where tectonic plates meet. ... The two tectonic plates that interacted to cause the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake were the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate on the boundary line that is now known as the famous San Andreas Fault."
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"The inauguration of William Howard Taft as the 27th President of the United States was held on Thursday, March 4, 1909 in the Senate Chamber at the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C."
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