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The Gold Standard Act of the United States was passed in 1900 and established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money, stopping bimetallism.
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Theodore Roosevelt.
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The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean.
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An addition to the Monroe Doctrine articulated by President Theodore Roosevelt in his State of the Union address in 1904 after the Venezuela Crisis of 1902–1903.
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The first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
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Woodrow Wilson is Elected
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Allowed the direct election of Senators
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Central banking system of the US.
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Began with the Battle of Veracruz and lasted for seven months, as a response to the Tampico Affair of April 9, 1914.
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Germany had waged submarine warfare against Great Britain.
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A period of political and social revolution across the territory of the Russian Empire, commencing with the abolition of the monarchy in 1917
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After Germany began sinking merchant ships the US finally had enough.
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With the signing of the Treaty of Versailles WWI was effectively over.
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First radio station KDKA in Pittsburgh
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Women now have the right to vote.