The turn of the century has always been a big deal for modern

civilizations. One hundred years of life is quite large compared with the

average 70 or so given to most. Because of that, people tend to look in

trends of decades, rather than centuries or millennia. When it does come

time for a new century, when that second digit rotates, as it does so

seldom, people tend to look for change. Events tend to fall before or after

the century, not on top of it, and United States history, particularly, has

had a tendency for sudden change at the century marks. Columbus' accidental

discovery of the West Indies in 1492 brought on the exploration age in the

1500s. Jamestown colony, founded in 1607, was England's first foothold on

the New World. A massive population surge, brought on in part by the import

of fricans, marks entry into the 18th century. Thomas Jefferson's

presidency, beginning in 1800, changed the face of American politics. 1900

was a ripe year for change, but needed someone to help the change arrives.

That someone was Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt's political presence altered

the course of the United States, transforming it into a superpower fully

the mid-twentieth century, and the question of the purchase of silver would

the Country is to live for four years from next March (Miller 342).

from within. And along with their improvement of industry in the United

even known to take in invalid kittens, placing them in his coat-pockets

father's great reputation in his Autobiography. It is speculated that it

the rest of the world, and chiefly concerned with bettering itself. As one

which would warrant Shidy's removal. Wanamaker was trying to force

Fisk, and Daniel Drew, rose to the top quickly by acquiring the nation's

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