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Spanish responded by saying that they would rather see cuba sunk in the ocean.
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They lie in the Pacific Ocean about 1300 miles north of Hawaii. No one lived there and it didnt attracted attention.
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Was not successful, but cuban people did force Spain to abolish slavery.
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Members advanced their cause by entering saloons, singing, praying, and urging saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol.
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A young Omaha woman, traveled east to traslate into english the words of Chief Standing Bear, whose Ponca people had been forcibly removed from their homeland in Nebraska.
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Prohibited wealthy railroad owners from colluding to fix high prices by dividing the buisness in a given area.
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A naval base was built at pearl harbor. It became a refueling station for american ships.
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His sister Queen Liliuokalani came to power with a "Hawaii for Hawaiians" agenda.
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Also called itself " the Church in action against the saloon". They worked to pass laws to force people to change and to punish those who drank.
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he tried to crush the rebellion by herding the entire rural population of central and western cuba into barbedwire concentration camps.
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the ship blew up in the Harbor of Havana. More than 260 men were killed.
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Congress proclaimed Hawaii an American territory, although they didn't have the chance to vote.
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Natural disasters sometimes played an important role in prompting reform of city governments.The politicians on the city council botched the huge relief and rebuilding job so badly that the Texas legislature appointed a five-member commision of experts to take over.
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The young governor from New York was urged to run as Mckinley's vice-president by the state's political bosses.
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Persuaded the president to set aside 148 million acres of forest reserves.
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Sent investigators to get evidence of children working in bad conditions.
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Roosevelt pledged not to run for reelection in 1908.
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strictly limited the distribution of free railroad passes, a common form of bribery.
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Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.
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Was assisted by Florence Kelley and Josephine Goldmark, persuasively argued that poor working women were much more economically insecure than large corporations.
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they put forward as their candidate a reform governor of New Jersey named Woodrow Wilson.
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Taft supporters maneuvered to replace Roosevelt delegates with Taft delegates in a number of delegations.
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alice paul and lucy burns, the organizers, were members of the national american woman suffrage association. police failed to restain the rowdy gathering and corgressmen demanded an investigation, the two women could see the momentum building for suffrage.
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Given the power to investigate possible violations of regulatory statues, to require periodic reports violations of regulatory to an end to a number of unfair business practices.
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persuaded the court to uphold a ten hour workday for men.
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The U.S has aquired a land rich in timber,minerals, and oil.