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Congress passed the Gold Standard act in order to put the U.S. on the gold standard, backing up American money with gold.
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After the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt stepped in as the 26th president.
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Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first sustained aircraft flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Woodrow Wilson was inaugurated as the 28th president of the United States.
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The first stone was put into place for the construction of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.
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The construction of the Panama Canal was completed, making it the most expensive construction project in U.S. history to that point.
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The Lusitania, a British ocean liner containing both British and American passengers, was sunk by a German U-boat, killing over 1,000 passengers total and over 100 Americans.
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After three years of attempting to stay out of the war, Woodrow Wilson finally declared war on Germany and became an official part of the Allies.
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World War I ended with the surrender of Germany surrendered to the Allies in France, made official by the treaty of Versailles.
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The Eighteenth Amendment was ratified, prohibiting the sale, consumption, and possession of alcohol.
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The Nineteenth Amendment was ratified, granting American women the right to vote.
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The League of Nations met for the first time in Geneva Switzerland. Even though the League of Nations was Woodrow Wilson's original idea, the United States was not involved in this meeting.