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Platt Amendment was signed into law by President William McKinley. The amendment defined the terms of Cuban–U.S. relations to essentially be an unequal one of U.S. dominance over Cuba.
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The Hay–Pauncefote Treaty is signed by the United States and Great Britain for the legal preliminary of the U.S. to build the Panama Canal.
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Hay–Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed by the United States and Panama. It established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws.
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Its long title was an act to provide for the establishment of Federal reserve banks, to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of rediscounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States, and for other purposes.
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Global war originating in Europe.
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Treaty of the Danish West Indies was signed and Virgin Islands were were sold to the United States.
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The U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.
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The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
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The Treaty of Versailles was the most important of the peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. It was signed in Versailles, France. It required Germany to disarm, make ample territorial concessions, and pay reparations to certain countries that had formed the Entente powers.
