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McKinley Tariff
The McKinley Tariff was a name given to the law enacted to the United States Congress in 1890 increasing the Tariffs on some goods imported to the U.S.
The Mckinley Tariff was led to a sharp rise in the prices of many products. -
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American imperialism
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Immigration
People were at loss of how to deal with the influx of immigration.
The level of immigration grew steadily after 1896 -
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progressivism
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Teller Amendment
stated that once Cuba won its independence from Spain, the US would “leave the government and control of the Island to its people.” -
Annexation of Hawaii
America's annexation of Hawaii in 1898 extended U.S. territory into the Pacific and resulted from economic integration and the rise of the United States as a Pacific power. -
Treaty of Paris
On December 10, The U.S. and Spain went to Paris to agree on a treaty. Spain freed Cuba and turned over Guam and Puerto Rico. -
The Boxer Rebellion
in the spring of 1900 the Boxers attacked Western missionaries and traders in northern China, killing more than 200 people. -
Muckrackers
The muckrackers were people who wanted to expose all the scandalous/dirty things that were going on behind-the-scenes with big business.
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Lawrence Veiller
Lawrence Veiller, was a progressive social worker in New York City He was most famous for organizing the Tenement House Exhibition to make people aware of the living conditions of the poor and was hoping to effect change -
Pure Food and Drug Act (Meat Inspection Act)
After the release of The Jungle TR wanted to make sure that food production was more sanitary. Shows how much power the muckrakers really had in society. -
Assassination of Franz Ferdinand
The assassination set off a chain of events that would lead to the start of World War I. -
Lusitania sunk
There were outraged protests from the United States at the German U-boat campaign, when the Lusitania, which had many American passengers aboard, was sank. -
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill served in Belgium as lieutenant colonel of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. -
USA declares war on Germany
The United States of America declared war on Germany in response to the sinking, by German U boats, of US ships -
(End of World War 1)
The armistice between the Allies and Germany was an agreement that ended the fighting in World War 1. -
Prohibation
Prohibition was the outlawing of sale and trasport of alcohol. It also was a religous movement backed by methodists, baptists, and other churches.
Prohibition did not end drinking in America; it merely intensified drinking by driving it underground.
