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progressives
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aimed to restore economic opportunites and correct injustices in American life
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Florence Kelly
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was a 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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prohibition
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state of being forbidden; act of forbidding or prohibiting; law or decree which forbids something
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Muckracker
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One who spreads real or alleged scandal about another
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Robert lafolette
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senator, congressman, governor of Wisconsin and candidate for President
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initiative
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bill organized by the people rather than law makers on the ballot
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referendum
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A general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision
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recall
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bring back, recollect
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17th amendmant
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procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote
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18th amendmant
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prohibited the manufacture,sale,transport,import,or export of alcohol.
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19th amendmant
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prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex
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Maria Mitchell
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United States astronomer who studied sunspots and nebulae and was an educator
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suffrage
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women's right to vote; vote cast in favor of a specific candidate; short prayer or petition
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susan b anthony
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leader of womans suffrage
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NAWSA
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an American women's rights organization formed in May 1890 as a unification of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association
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Theodore Roosevelt
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the 26th President of the United States
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square deal
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various progressive reforms sponsored by president roosevelt
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The Jungle
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Upton Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the life of the immigrant in the United States and the corruption of the meat packing industry
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upton Sinclair
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American author who wrote close to 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the 20th century, acquiring particular fame for his 1906 muckraking novel The Jungle
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Meat inspection act
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Act permitting the quality and safety control of meat products imported to or produced in Canada for interprovincial or international sale
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Pure food and Drug act
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United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines
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NAACP
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group that wanted full equality for colored people
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GIfford pinchot
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head of U.S. Forest Service under pres. Roosevelt
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WIlliam Howard Taft
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As president, Taft focused primarily on a continuation of trust-busting and reuniting the old conservatives and young progressives of the Republican Party. Taft also strongly supported a national budgetary system
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Payne-Aldrich Toriff
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began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States
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Clayton Anti Trust Act
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enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency
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Federal Trade commerce
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A federal agency, established in 1914, that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace
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Federal Reserve System
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central banking system of the United States
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Queen Liliuokalani
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queen of Hawaii, the last one before America seized it
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imperialism
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policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony
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Alfred Mahan
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was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian, who has been called "the most important American strategist of the nineteenth century
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Yellow Journalism
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made things seem worse than they really were through writing and also included some false things
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USS Maine
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a ship that had blown up and was a cause of war
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Platt Amendment
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The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes, or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island
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Protectorate
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A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region
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Open Door Notes
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A concept in foreign affairs, which usually refers to the policy around 1900 allowing multiple Imperial powers access to China, with none of them in control of that country
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Boxer Rebellion
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In 1900, a group known as the Boxers murdered thousands of foreigners, especially missionaries, in an attempt to rid China of all foreign influence
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Panama Canal
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ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade
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Roosevelt Collary
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A political policy of the United States by President Theodore Roosevelt that states only the United States could intervene in the affairs of South America
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Dollar Diplomacy
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term used to describe the effort of the United States
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Militarism
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development of armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
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Allies
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France, Britain and Russia
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Central Powers
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Germany, Austria-Hungary and ottoman empire
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Lusitania
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A Cunard liner that was sunk by a German submarine in the Atlantic in May 1915 with the loss of over 1,000 lives
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Zimmerman note
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a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States
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Selective service act
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required men to register with the government to be randomly selected for military service
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Conscientious Objecter
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person who for reasons of conscience objects to serving in the armed forces
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Espionage and sedition act
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United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. It has been amended numerous times over the years
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14 Acts
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A speech delivered by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918. 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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League of Nations
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intergovernmental organization that had a goal of keeping world peace
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Versialles treaty
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treaty that ended World War 1
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reperations
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payments and transfers of property and equipment that Germany was forced to pay after World War 1
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