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This act established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money. This stopped the exchange of silver for gold. -
He was the 26th President and the leader of the progressive movement. -
The United States took over the building of the canal across a 50-mile stretch of the Panama isthmus, which linked the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
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President Roosevelt added to the Monroe Doctrine saying the United States would intervene so that European powers could not invade the western hemisphere. -
He was the 28th president who led the country into World War I. -
A German U-boat sunk the US Lusitania, which killed more than 100 Americans. This was one of the reasons that led the US to join World War I. -
Many factors like the sinking of the US Lusitania and economic involvement pushed for the US to join. Wilson stated to congress that they needed to declare war on Germany to protect the world and make it safe for democracy. -
This treaty ended WWI, in which Germany and the central powers were forced to take the blame, lost a lot of territories, their military was reduced, and they paid for damages. It also started the League of Nations which Wilson mentioned in his famous Fourteen Points, but the United States rejected and never joined. -
This amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States, illegalizing the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol. -
This amendment gave women the right to vote, ending a century-long protest for women's suffrage.