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William McKinley is elected for president for his second term.
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Theodore Roosevelt was William McKinley's vice president, and, on this date, William McKinley was assassinated and Theodore Roosevelt had to assume presidency.
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Theodore Roosevelt defeated Alton B. Parker in the 1904 presidential election.
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The Roosevelt Corollary was added to the Monroe Doctrine, which gave the US right to intervene in the foreign affairs of other countries on that hemisphere.
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The book ¨The Jungle" was published which showed the unsanitary working conditions of many industries during that time.
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The Sixteenth Amendment was ratified, which gave Congress the right to impose federal income taxes.
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The Seventeenth Amendment was ratified and it gave the voters the right to directly vote for their Senators, instead of the Senators being voted in by a state legislature.
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The Lusitania was a ship that carried American passengers and was attacked by German submarine missiles. This event caused plenty of outrage in America and is one of the main reasons why the US joined the war.
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The US joined its allies Britain, France, and Russia, to fight against the Axis Powers.
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Germany surrenders the war, giving victory to the Allies.
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The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, which prohibited the consumption of alcohol.
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The Treaty of Versailles was signed and placed strict restrictions on Germany, including limiting their army and forcing them to pay back the damages they caused.
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The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, which gave women the right to vote.