1900-1920 Timeline

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  • Gold Standard Act of 1900

    Gold Standard Act of 1900

    This act signed by President William Mckinley established gold as the only standard to redeem paper money and set a fixed price for domestic currency.
  • Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

    Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine

    President Theodore Roosevelt proclaimed that nations of the Western Hemisphere were closed off from European colonization and that the United States had the right to protect life, order, and property in these countries.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

    Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906

    This act prohibited the sales of misbranded foods and drugs which laid the foundation for the creation of the FDA (Food and Drug Administration).
  • Presidential Election of 1912

    Presidential Election of 1912

    President Woodrow Wilson was elected into office as president.
  • Beginning of World War I

    Beginning of World War I

    This began in the European countries because of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
  • Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    Sinking of the RMS Lusitania

    A British trading ship that was attacked by a German U-boat which caused the U.S. to consider joining the conflict.
  • U.S. Joins WWI

    U.S. Joins WWI

    President Woodrow Wilson was driven to join the conflict after the German's new policy on submarine warfare to protect the United States' values.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    This amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S.
  • Treaty of Versailles

    Treaty of Versailles

    One of the peace treaties to end the first world war and conflict between Germany and the Allied Powers.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote.