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The U.S. currency is placed on the gold standard
"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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The inauguration of President William McKinley
"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 Spanish American War
"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 passing of the Platt Amendment
"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." -
President McKinley is assassinated
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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The Wright Brothers make their first flight
"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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United States acquires the Panama Canal zone
"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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President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second time
"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." -
The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is written (tell me what the book was about, why it was important)
"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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The San Francisco earthquake occurs
"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." -
The inauguration of William Howard Taft
"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."