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Gold Standard Act
Gold established as the only standard for redeeming paper money -
Theodore Roosevelt became 26th President
Became 26th president after the assassination of President McKinley -
Ford Motor Company formed
Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, MI -
Roosevelt Corollary to Monroe Doctrine
The Corollary stated that the United States would intervene as a last resort to insure that other nations in the Western Hemisphere would fulfill their obligations to international creditors -
Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
Gave the U.S. government jurisdiction over food in interstate commerce -
Ford Model T
Henry Ford introduces his first Model T car -
Supreme Court breaks up Standard Oil
Supreme Court orders the dissolution of Standard Oil Company claiming it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act -
Arizona admitted as a state
Arizona was admitted to the Union as the 48th state -
World War 1 begins
World War 1 began with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand -
Zimmerman Telegram
A secret communication between Germany and Mexico proposing a military alliance between the two countries -
US enters WW1
United States enters World War 1 because the German's decided to resume the policy of unrestricted submarine warfare and because of the Zimmerman telegram -
Treaty of Versailles ends WW1
Germany and the Allied Countries signed the Treaty of Versailles which formally ended WW1