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One of the deadliest hurricanes in US History (6k-13k died) turned investors from Galveston to Houston
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Believed in government control of Big Business.
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Formed the forerunner of NACCP
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Ford's assembly line in 1913 played a major role in equipping forces in WW1.
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Acquired from France for 40 million, Panama signs a treaty with the US giving ownership for Panama Zone connecting the Atlantic to Pacific.
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1904-1907 Roosevelt builds navy presence in Pacific to warn Japan.
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Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set the maximum railroad rates and extended their authority.
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To regulate food production and ensure quality.
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A novel was written to show the harsh conditions of Immigrants.
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Teddy Roosevelt brokered a peace treaty with Japan and Russia and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
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7.9 earthquake 3k people died and 80% of city destroyed.
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Hand-picked by Rosevelt but didn't live up to what he wanted for him even though he saw over 80 anti-trust suits.
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Started with 40 investigators hired by the Attorney General.
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The infamous fire killed 146 workers that began reforms.
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Moral Diplomacy/ moral interest over material investments.
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Created for maximizing employment, stabilizing prices, and moderating long-term interest rates.
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The amendment giving Congress the ability to tax income.
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The US declares neutrality.
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The port was seized to prevent arms deliveries and after an incident with sailors in port.
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This event started a chain of events that started World War I and serve as a catalyst for already high tensions in the area.
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W. Wilson sent Marines to Haiti after the assassination of their leader to make sure there was stability in the Carribean.
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KKK was revived, it was said, to combat corrupt Northern carpetbaggers but they used violent measures to ensure white supremacy.
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Germany sinks Lusitania because it was carrying war supplies to England but had innocent passengers.
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Germany pledges to not sink passenger ships and to give notice before striking merchant ships carrying munitions.
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Legislated 8 hour work days and time and half pay for overtime.
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Offered farm loans and benefits for storing in designated warehouses.
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The overthrow of Tzar Nicholas II by Marxist socialist Lenin.
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The U.S. enters the war after Germany resumes unrestricted warfare in the seas.
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Funding for construction of new highways.
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Armistice is signed based on promises that did not all come to pass.
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A peace treaty with the Allied forces and Germany drawn up in Paris. It was more punitive to Germany than Wilson's 14 points.
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With so many immigrants embracing communism, socialism, and anarchy, there was a fear that democracy would be overrun.
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Illegal to produce, transport, or sell alcohol.
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Can not prohibit voting based on sex.
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"Return to Normalcy". Scandal-plagued. Relied on 'Ohio gang'. Condemned lynchings.