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This act established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money. This act also determined the value of currency; setting gold at 500 dollars and ounce. This process also stopped bimetallism (which had allowed silver in exchange for gold).
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Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt is elected the 26th President of the United States after the death of President Mckinley.
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In Kitty Hawk North Carolina, the Wright Brother successfully created the first powered, controlled and sustained heavier than air machined flight. It last about 12 seconds and covered 120 feet.
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This canal allowed for ships carrying commercial goods to pass between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans through the panama. This cute travel time in half. This canal was strategic in making the US the most powerful nation on e
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Beginning in Sarajevo, Bosnia, with the murder of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian Empire as well as his wife. This war was between Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and the Ottoman Empire (the Central Powers) which fought against Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Romania, Japan and the United States (the Allied Powers)
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A German U-boat fired on a British-owned passenger steamship Lusitania. Killing 1,195 people including 128 Americans. This disaster directly set off a chain of events that led to the U.S. entering World War I.
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The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaties that brought World War I to an end. However, it primarily held the Germans responsible for starting the war. Because of this the Allied powers imposed harsh penalties in terms of loss of territory, massive reparations payments and demilitarization.
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The 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote, and reads: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex. Congress shall have power to enforce this article by appropriate legislation.”
