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Blacks and whites permitted under the constitution so long as both races recieve equal facilites.
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McKinley as a weakling lacking integrity. It is printed in William Randolph Hearst's New York Journal.
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Result of the conlfict, united states acquires Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines.
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Commodore George Dewey's Fotilla defeats the spanish at Manilla Bay in the Phillipines, suffering only eight wounded.
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President Mckinley signs a resolution annexing Hawaii.
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Delegates from the US and 25 other nations meet at The Hague to discuss disarmament, arbitration of international disputes, protection of noncombatants, and limitations on methods of warfare.
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Under the Platt Amendment, Cuba agreed to sell or lease the U.S. land to serve as naval stations.
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Becoming the first billion dollar corporation.
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Theodore Roosevelt becomes resident.
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Mckinley dies after being shot on September 6th.
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Strike against Anthracite coal mine operators. President Roosevelt appointed a commission to medicate the settlement.
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People now have the initiative and referendum, through which the pople can initiate legislation.
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Under the Newlands Reclamation Act, the federal government will build dams in sixteen western lands.
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Panama revolts against Columbia rule, clearing the way for construction of an American canal.
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Annonces the Roosevelt Corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.
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The Supreme Court strikes down a New York law that prohibited a banker from employing anyone more than 60 hours a week or 10 hours a day, ruling that it interfered with freedom of contract.
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More than 400 people killed, and causes $500 million worth of damage.
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An expose of working conditions in Chicago's meatpacking houses.
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The Mann Act makes it illegal to transport women acros state lines, or bring them into the United States.
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German declaration of war on russia.
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Opening of the First Battle of the Aisne, and First Battle of the Marne.
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D.W Griffith's Birth of a Nation, provides a sympathetic treatment of the Ku Klux Klan
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Pancho Villa, along with 1,500 men, crosses the U.S. border to attack Columbus.
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Proposed a German alliance with Mexico and promised Mexico recovery of lost territory in Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas.
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IWW and Communist Party in 33 cities. 556 aliens are deported for their political beliefs, all arrested.
