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Placing the United States currency on the gold standard
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Which limited the autonomy of Cuba as a condition for American troop withdrawal. Cuba would become a U.S. protectorate on June 12.
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Theodore Roosevelt became the president.
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The island of Cuba gains independence from the United States.
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Wright brothers succeed in the first flight.
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President Theodore Roosevel started his second term.
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The United States left Cuba for the first time since the Spanish-American War.
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William Howard Taft won the presidency.
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The Boy Scouts of America was established.
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The United States Bureau of Mines is authorized by the United States Congress.
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Grand Central Terminal opened as the world's largest rail terminal at that time.
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Woodrow Wilson became the president.
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Federal Reserve System was created after the panic of 1907.
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World War I began with an assassin killed the Archduke of Austria and his wife.
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Lusitania is sunk by a German U-boat submarine, 128 Americans died in the attack.
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The United States Congress declares war on Germany.
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Alcoholic beverages are banned by the United States Congress.
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World War I ended.
