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The United States passed the Gold Standard Act which placed all US currency on a gold standard.
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Teddy Roosevelt is sworn in following the death of William McKinley.
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The United States bought and acquired the land that is now known as the Panama Canal. The purchase was made with hopes of taking out the land and creating a canal so ships could travel through it without having to sail around South America.
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Theodore Roosevelt is re-elected as President, this time running his own campaign opposed to succeeding the death of President McKinley.
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William Taft is elected as the 27th president of the United States.
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Woodrow Wilson is sworn in as the 28th President of the United States following Taft
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Jeanette Rankin is the first Women to be elected to the house of Representatives
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Woodrow Wilson is sworn in for his second term as the 28th President
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The United States declares war on Germany following the germans use of unrestricted warfare in American territory. Wilson has been refraining from involvement in World War I, but was advocation for peace among countries which swayed him to join in.
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Germany agrees to surrender and all other countries agree to stop fighting.
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The Nineteenth Amendment is passed giving all women the right to vote.
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Woodrow Wilson creates the Treaty of Versailles which forces Germany to take blame for WWI and bring peace to all countries involved. However, the US senate reuses to sign the treaty