United State History 1900-2000 By jrholbrook68 Nov 6, 1900 William McKinley’s Second Election to the Presidency [https://www.britannica.com/event/United-States-presidential-election-of-1900] Nov 18, 1903 United States acquired the Panama Canal Zone Treaty [https://www.americanhistoryusa.com/building-of-panama-canal/] Jun 28, 1914 Assassination of the Archduke Franz Ferdinand [https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/assassination-archduke-ferdinand] Jan 25, 1915 First Long Distance Telephone Service between New York and San Francisco [https://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/25/jan-25-1915-alexander-graham-bell-demonstrates-atts-transcontinental-telephone-line/] May 7, 1915 Sinking of the Lusitania [https://www.history.com/news/how-the-sinking-of-lusitania-changed-wwi] Apr 6, 1917 United States Entry into World War I [https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-i/u-s-entry-into-world-war-i-1] Nov 11, 1918 Armistice Ended World War I [https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/world-war-i-ends] Jun 28, 1919 Treaty of Versailles signed [https://www.britannica.com/event/Treaty-of-Versailles-1919] Nov 19, 1919 League of Nations joining of the US is denied in the US Senate [https://www.senate.gov/reference/reference_item/Versailles.htm] Oct 29, 1929 Stockmarket Crash of 1929 marks the beginning of the Great Depression [https://www.thebalance.com/stock-market-crash-of-1929-causes-effects-and-facts-3305891] Apr 5, 1933 Civilian Conservation Corps Begins [https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression/civilian-conservation-corps] Nov 9, 1989 U.S.S.R. collapses and Communism comes to an end [https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/berlin-wall] Aug 2, 1990 Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait [https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/iraq501/events_kuwait.html] Jan 15, 1991 Operation Desert Storm (Persian Gulf War) [https://www.defense.gov/Explore/Features/story/Article/1728715/desert-storm-a-look-back/]
