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McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, serving two terms until his assassination six months into his second term.
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Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States, serving from September 14th 1901 to March 4th 1909.
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This strike united mine workers to fight for higher wages and shorter hours. The mine operators refused, causing over 150,000 members to go on strike. Roosevelt intervened, making himself the first President to use authority to arbitrate dispute between management and labor workers.
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Gave ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) the power to set maximum freight rates.
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Created restrictions on the makers of prepared foods.
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Called for Federal inspection of meats destined for interstate commerce.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Company, located in New York City, experienced a tragic incident in 1911 that killed 146 workers.
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During World War I, out of all of the American troops that fought, there were over 116,516 people killed, and 204,002 people wounded.
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Established federal income tax.
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Taft was the 27th president of the United States who served from March 4th,1909 to March 4th, 1913.
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Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from March 4th, 1913 to March 4th, 1921.
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Direct election of U.S. senators.
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Within ten months, over 700,000 men lost their lives over just a few square miles of terrain. The trenches in Verdun, France were filled with unimaginable horrors, and clouds of confusion. The men on the battlefield lived with the persistent presence of death, and did not spend a lot of time on the front line. The men who were there believed the battle to be predictable, and that everyone there was going to die either from the terrain or the battle itself.
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Called for stiff penalties for any and all antiwar activities.
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America entered into World War I shortly after the sinking of Lusitania by unrestricted German submarines, and the Zimmerman Note.
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This act prohibited speech, writing or behavior that might incite, provoke, or encourage resistance to the U.S. or promote cause of its enemies.
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The Treaty of Versailles was the final peace settlement of WWI.
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Prohibits any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote on the bases of sex.
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Illegal production, sale, and transport of alcohol.