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Matthew Perry led his four ships into the harbor at Tokyo Bay.
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Matthew Perry led his four ships into a harbor. for the first time regular trade is re opened between Japan and America
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The US bought Alaska from Russia. The Treaty was signed by Willam Seward.
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The US bought Alaska. The treaty was signed by William Seward.
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The rebellion started because they were upset by the lack of ecomomic. Also political freedom
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Cubans wanted independance. Also a new form of government
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Filipino rebels and US troops fight. They fight inside American lines in Manila.
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The Chinese organization led against uprising in Northern China. the rebels referred to the Americans as Boxers.
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The Spanish-American war broke out. The US clamied Hawaii
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Roosevelt defeated Republican President Herbert Hoover in a landslide. The economy improved rapidly from 1933 to 1936.
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It became a US territory. It was apart of the 1898 treaty of Paris that ended the Spanish-American war.
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Pelican Island was the first National wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting.
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its main headquarter in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. It was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903.
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The Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed. Panama gave the US permanet possession of the Panama Canal Zone.
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It was an addition to the Monroe doctrine. He was President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Supreme Court ruled that the Commerce Clause allowed the federal government to regulate monopolies. Only if it has a direct effect on commerce.
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Established in Chicago, in 1905, by members of the socialist-led Western Federation of Miners. Other groups opposed to what they saw as "class collaboration" by the American Federation of Labor.
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the novel was written to portray the harsh conditions. From the lives of immigrants in the United States.
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A series of significant consumer protection laws which was put in to place by Congress in the 20th century. It Led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
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Prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock. And products like livestock that were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.
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Taft was the 27th President of the United States. Also the 10th Chief Justice of the United States.
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This was formed by back and white activists. it stands for National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
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It allowed voters to cast direct votes for US senators. We got to chose our own government
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It was ratified February 3rd, 1913. It established congress's rights to impose federal income tax.
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Wilson became the first Democratic president since Andrew Jackson to be elected to two consecutive terms. Justice Charles Evans Hughes in the 1916 Presidential Election.
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Sumner explains his vision of nature and liberty in a just society. The struggle for existence is aimed against nature.
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This transformed Mexican culture and government. It was a genuinely national revolution.
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Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911. The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city.
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Central banking system of the United States of America. A series of financial panics led to the desire for central control of the monetary system.
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It officially opened. It was the most expensive construction project in the US.
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Limited voting rights were gained by women. In 1919 women all around the country gained the right to vote.
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Congress proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting child labor, but the states did not ratify it. Then Congress passed the Fair Labor Standards Act.
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Mexican Civil War, was a major armed struggle. Lasting roughly from 1910 to 1920.