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March 4, 1901 – President McKinley begins second term; Roosevelt becomes the 25th vice president. September 6, 1901 – McKinley is shot, in Buffalo, New York.; September 14, 1901 – President McKinley dies, Vice President Roosevelt becomes the 26th president [1]
American Samoa was acquired by the United States in 1900 after the end of the Second Samoan Civil War. [5] The United States purchased the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917. [6] Puerto Rico and Guam remain territories, and the Philippines became independent in 1946, after being a major theater of World War II.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 February 2025. "American history" redirects here. For the history of the continents, see History of the Americas. Further information: Economic history of the United States Current territories of the United States after the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands was given independence in 1994 This ...
Books on the history of the United States: A History of Money and Banking in the United States; A Monetary History of the United States; A Patriot's History of the United States; A People's History of the United States; Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and the Political History of the United States
The economic history of the United States spans the colonial era through the 21st century. The initial settlements depended on agriculture and hunting/trapping, later adding international trade, manufacturing, and finally, services, to the point where agriculture represented less than 2% of GDP .
1920s: Culture Wars. As European economies recovered and the USA boomed in the wake of World War I, the number of Americans living in cities exceeded the number on farms for the first time.
With the growth of information on the World Wide Web, search companies like Yahoo! and Google developed technologies to sort and rank web pages based on relevance. The web also has become a site for computer-mediated social interactions and web services like MySpace , Facebook , and Twitter are used by millions to communicate.
This is a list of conflicts in the United States.Conflicts are arranged chronologically from the late modern period to contemporary history.This list includes (but is not limited to) the following: Indian wars, skirmishes, wars of independence, liberation wars, colonial wars, undeclared wars, proxy wars, territorial disputes, and world wars.