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Theodore served as the 26th President of the United States.He served from 1901 to 1909. He was a great president for the Republican party, and he was known as the "Trust Buster".
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A book written by Upton Sinclair in 1904. It depicted the terrible conditions of immigrants in large US cities such as Chicago.
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Addition to the Monroe Doctrine, added by Theodore Roosevelt. The Monroe Doctrine denied European intervention in the Western Hemisphere. However, the addition of the Roosevelt Corollary permitted the United States to intervene in the Western Hemisphere.
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This act was put in place to protect the public from harmful food and drugs. It lead to the foundation of the Food and Drug Administration.
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The Panama Canal was a waterway in Panama that the United States finished. It is 51 miles long, and connects the Atlantic ocean with the Pacific Ocean. It was one of the biggest engineering projects.
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The Lusitania was an American ship that was sunk by German submarines. It was one of the prime reasons the US decided to enter WW1. After the Germans sank the ship, the US declared war and Germany and promptly entered the war on the side of the allies.
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This pledge was a promise that Germany made to the United States, and it temporarily halted unrestricted submarine warfare. Germany promised the US they would warn them before sinking merchant or passenger ships. Germany stuck to their promise until February, 1917 when they resumed unrestricted submarine warfare.
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These violent revolutions led to the destruction of the Tsarist autocracy, and the take over of the Soviet Union.
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The Treaty of Versailles ended WW1. Germany had to take the blame in full for the war and the damage that they caused. It made Germany give up their land, and military.
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The 19th Amendment was ratified on August 8, 1920. It gave women the right to vote, and denied the discrimination of citizens' rights to vote based on sex.