1900-1920

By KAviles

  • The Gold Standard

    The United States adopts the Gold Standard.

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt becomes President of the United States.
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    Panama Canal

    The Panama Canal is built.

  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson is elected as the President of the United States.

  • Sixteenth Amendment

    The Sixteen Amendment authorizing income tax is ratified.

  • World War I

    WWI begins.

  • Lusitania

    The Lusitania is sunk. This causes the American public to favor war.

  • U.S. WWI Involvement

    The U.S. joins WWI.

  • End of WWI

    WWI comes to a close and the Treaty of Versailles is signed

  • Red Scare

    The Red Scare begins.

  • Nineteenth Amendment

    The Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote is ratified.