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It was the first women’s rights convention.
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A period of time where black vs white segregation was a large controversy and caused for the separation of things like bathrooms, drinking fountains and even buses.
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The period of time where great advancements in technology and industry were made.
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This is the autobio of a man who, as the title leads you to assume, came up from slavery. It illustrates his journey from those darks times to what he faces now.
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President McKinley was assassinated, and so his Vice President, Teddy R, became president in his place.
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An organization that fought for better living and working conditions for the segregated population.
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The book “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair is published creating a controversy while also raising awareness for factory conditions and meat packaging issues.
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The job of this group was to increase precautions when it came to working and packaging food.
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This came to be as a result of The Jungle, as if it raised awareness for the unhealthy conditions in which the meat was processed.
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This allowed the government to collect taxes from the public without any (or so they thought) pushback.
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Taft wins the election of 1908, beating former populist party member William J Bryan.
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The building went up in flames, showing the true lack of safety in factories.
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This decided that the senate of each state would be composed of two senator members by election of the people.
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In the election of 1912, he defeated Charles Evans Hughes, making him the 33rd president of the US.
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The Federal Reserve became the main bank of the United States.
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Alcohol was prohibited as far as the trade, transportation and of course, consumption of it in any way goes. This was revoked in 1992, obviously.
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Stated that people were not to be denied their rights based on their gender.
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