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The Spanish American War
The Spanish-American War was an 1898 conflict between the United States and Spain that ended Spanish colonial rule in the Americas and resulted in U.S. acquisition of territories in the western Pacific and Latin America -
The passing of the Platt Amendment
It passed the U.S. Senate by a vote of 43 to 20. ... The amendment also demanded that Cuba sell or lease lands to the United States necessary for coaling or the development of naval stations. -
The inauguration of President William McKinley (second time)
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President McKinley is assassinated
On September 6, 1901, William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York. -
The Wright Brothers make their first flight
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft. The Wright brothers had invented the first successful airplane. The Wrights used this stopwatch to time the Kitty Hawk flights. -
United States acquires the Panama Canal zone
The Canal Zone came into being on May 4, 1904 ("Acquisition Day"), under the terms of the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty of 1903 (see below) by which Panama granted to the United States, in return for annual payments, the sole right to operate and control the canal and about 5 miles (8 km) of land on each side. -
President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated for the second time
The inauguration marked the beginning of the second (only full) term of Theodore Roosevelt as President and the only term of Charles W. Fairbanks as Vice President. -
The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair is written
Upton Sinclair wrote The Jungle to expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry.His description of diseased, rotten, and contaminated meat shocked the public and led to new federal food safety laws. That why it is important is because it changes laws. -
The San Francisco earthquake occurs
he magnitude of the 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake was estimated to be 7.8. on the Richter scale. ... The two tectonic plates that interacted to cause the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake were the Pacific Plate and the North American Plate on the boundary line that is now known as the famous San Andreas Fault -
The inauguration of William Howard Taft
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The U.S. currency is placed on the gold standard
Americans could trade in $20.67 for an ounce of gold. The country effectively abandoned the gold standard in 1933, and completely severed the link between the dollar and gold in 1971