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| People who tried to make working conditions better and also tried to make life easier for the not so rich |
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| social and political reformer from Philadelphia. Her work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights is widely regarded today. |
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| Prohibiting the manufacturing transport and consumption of alchol |
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| an investigative reporter |
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| Wisconsin plan of government |
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| a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote |
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| direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal. |
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| a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote, before his or her term has ended. |
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| Direct election of senators |
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| the prohibition of alchol |
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| first women to be an astronomer |
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| the right to vote, especially in a political election. |
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| played a pivotal role in the 19th century women's rights movement to introduce women's suffrage into the United States. |
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| National Womens Suffrage Association |
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| 26th President of the United States.He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement |
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| President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. Thus, it aimed at helping middle class citizens |
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| a book writtin by Upton Sinclair told about how bad the meat industry and led to the sanitation laws |
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| famous muckracker wrote "The Jungle" |
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| says that meat must be inspected for safety purposes and make sure its healthy |
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| says that all food and drugs must be safe and do what they say they are going to do |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 |
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| forestry leader managed over all the state parks |
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| was the 27th President of the United States largest pres ever and not liked by many |
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| a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States |
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| to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency |
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| an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act. Its principal mission is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination and prevention of harmfully anti-competitive business practices, such as coercive monopoly. |
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| the queen when U.S. took over Hawaii |
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| the thought that U.S. needs to take over countries so it can become a super power |
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| His concept of "sea power" was based on the idea that countries with greater naval power will have greater worldwide impact |
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| super exaggerated stories produced by the press about news |
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| a ship sunk near spain and it was a major spark in the spanish american war |
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| Allowed U.S. to intervene in cuba |
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| a small country protected by a larger country but it remains independent |
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| allowed multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country |
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| uprising took place in China, because of opium traders, political invasion, economic manipulation, to missionary evangelism. |
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| built by the U.S to gain access to a much quicker route for shipping |
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| allowed U.S. to enter south america with military if they threten anything with U.S. |
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| to further its aims in Latin America and East Asia through use of its economic power by guaranteeing loans made to foreign countries |
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| the belief or desire of a government or people that a country should maintain a strong military capability and be prepared to use it aggressively to defend or promote national interests |
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| U.S, Britain, France, Russia, Serbia |
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| Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary |
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| ship that was sunk it was a major spark for world war one |
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| 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States |
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| used for world war one because there was not enough volunteers to fight in the war so they had to draft them |
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| individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience, or religion |
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| Espionage and Sedition Act |
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| The address was intended to assure the country that the Great War was being fought for a moral cause and for postwar peace in Europe |
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| an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first permanent international organization whose principal mission was to maintain world peace |
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| one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers |
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| making Germany pay big for starting the war |
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| the central banking system of the United States. It was created in 1913 |
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