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One of the largest world's fairs in history opens to the public in Paris, France with the United States among 42 nations and 25 colonies to preform.
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The Galveston, Texas hurricane, with winds of 135 miles an hour, kills 8,000 people. It remains the most deadly natural disaster in American history.
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The US Steel company was founded by John P. Morgan: a well-known businessman and philanthropist.
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Vice President Theodore Roosevelt is inaugurated as President upon the death of William McKinley from gunshot wounds.
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The Wright brothers make the first controlled, sustained flight in heavier-than-air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, N.C
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This massive earthquake leaves 500 dead or missing and destroys approximately 4 square miles of the city.
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William Howard Taft is inaugurated as the 27th president.
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Provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by popular vote rather than by the state legislatures
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Aimed to increase credit to rural family farmers by creating a federal farm loan board. Signed by Woodrow Wilson
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In the event that the United States entered World War I against Germany, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona and New Mexico, in exchange for military Alliance with Germany.
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The U.S. declares war on Germany and Austria Hungary
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The 19th amendment is ratified, granting women the right to vote.
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The outlining terms for peace at the end of World War I, is rejected by the Senate because it weakened the democrat party.