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Roosevelts Move Into the White House, 1901 Then there were two shots." America's 25th President is gunned down near Buffalo, NY. "Suddenly I saw a hand shoved toward the President. The Assassination of President William McKinley, 1901 the white Alberta looking very small and frail next the towering battleships." Great Britain's longest reigning monarch is laid to rest. slowly down the long line of battleships came. Perception of the woman's marital role at the turn of the 20th Its foundation and the water came in waist-deep." The greatestĮxpected to help do anything that a man would be expected toĭo." A young farm wife describes life on the farm and the "Kill the foreign devils! Kill! Kill! Kill!" At the beginning of the 20th century, America begins its journey to becoming a world power and finds itself embroiled in a revolution in China.
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