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President McKinley was shot and killed. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes the 26th President of America. -
Wilbur and Orville successfully flew their glider leading to the invention of the plane.
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Howard Taft becomes the 27th President of America
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Thousands of people died from the sinking of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean. -
Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President of America. -
The Panama Canal was complete making it easier to travel from the Atlantic to the Pacific by ship. This canal brought economic growth to the US West Coast and nations in the Pacific. -
The First World War begins.
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The Lusitania sinks due to German brutality. -
The United States finally joins the Allied forces in WW1 to fight against the Central Powers. -
The Germans finally surrendered ending WW1. The Treaty of Versailles was signed by the Allied forces and Germany. -
This amendment gave women the right to vote in America.
