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A strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania.
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A law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West.
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Treaty signed by The United States and Panama to build the Panama Canal.
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law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates.
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A bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States.
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It was a dispute between U.S. Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger that contributed to the split of the Republican Party before the 1912 Presidential Election
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Teddy Roosevelt did all he can to destroy Trusts.
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Many African Americans were moving North from the south.
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Established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
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This amendment exempted income taxes from the constitutional requirements regarding direct taxes
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led by General Pershing and he chsed Pancho Villa’s troops back to México.
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Prevent business practices that are anticompetitive or deceptive or unfair to consumers and investigates corporation violations antitrust laws
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Outlawed many practices used to form monopolies and exempted unions from the Sherman Anti- Trust Act.
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A highly controversial movie because of its portrayal of African American men (played by white actors in blackface) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan as heroes . There were widespread protests against The Birth of a Nation, and it was banned in several cities.
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An American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African-American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915.
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Message sent from Germany to Mexico asking them to attack the United States and join the central powers.
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Speech given by President Woodrow Wilson to congress.
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The influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.
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Massive Strikes led by labor unions in attempt to weaken the steel industry. Twenty people died and led to the Red Scare.
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The Palmer Raids were attempts by the United States Department of Justice to arrest and deport radical leftists, especially anarchists, from the United States.
