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1900 – President William McKinley reelected; Theodore Roosevelt elected vice president. Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt. March 4, 1901 – President McKinley begins second term; Roosevelt becomes the 25th vice president. September 6, 1901 – McKinley is shot, in Buffalo, New York.
July 25 – The Robert Charles Riots occur in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. September 8 – The Galveston Hurricane makes landfall at Galveston, Texas, eventually killing 6,000–12,000 in the deadliest natural disaster in U.S. history. September 13 – Philippine–American War: Filipino resistance fighters defeat a large American ...
Timeline. 1900. March 14, 1900 - The Gold Standard Act is ratified, placing the United States currency on the gold standard. April 15, 1900 - 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 exhibit.
Culture magazines. 1900s: The Birth of the American Century. views 2,523,997 updated. 1900s: The Birth of the American Century. The United States entered the twentieth century during a period of sweeping change. In fact, change and transformation were the norm in the first decade of what has since become known as the "American Century."
The presidential election of 1900 turns out to be the most expensive in US history. One report estimates the cost to have reached $5 million.(North America)
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Timeline: The Progressive Era to the New Era, 1900–1929 | Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History.
June 30, 1908: The Tunguska event Ruins from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, remembered as one of the worst natural disasters in United States history. September 8, 1900 – A powerful hurricane hits Galveston, Texas, US, killing about 8,000. April 19, 1902 – A magnitude 7.5 earthquake rocks Guatemala, killing 2,000.
