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Republican
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Tariff reduction
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Led by James G. Blaine, competing for control of the Republican Party, favored reform
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Led by Roscoe Conkling; competign for control of the Republican Party; favored traditional, professional machine politics
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Republican
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Republican
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Prohibited new Chinese immigrants from entering America and prevented Chinese already residing in America from gaining citizenship
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Court ruled that the Fourteenth Amendment prohibited state governments but not private organizations from practicing racism
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Required that some federal jobs be filled by competitive written examinations
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Democratic
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Began as a strike, a bomb was thrown, killingand injuring people, anarchists were blamed
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Ruled one of the Granger Laws in Illinois unconstitutional - the law was an attempt to control interstate commerce and therefore an infringement on the exclusive powers of Congress
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railroad regulation-banned discrimination on rates between long and short hauls, required that railroads publish their rate schedules and file them with the governmetn, and declared all interstate rail rates must be "reasonable and just"
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gradual elimination of tribal ownership of land and the allotment of tracts to individual owners
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Republican
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highest protective measure ever proposed to congress
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law against trusts, mostly symbolic and ineffective
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appealed principally to farmers--those becoming less competative in an increasinly maechanized farming economy. Proclaimed a party in Omaha
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reaction to wage cuts, Pinkerton Detective Agency called to break up strike, governor sent national guard to stop strike
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most severe depression so far, demonstrated interconnectedness of economy
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Democratic
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March to Washington to present demands of the unemployed to the president, stopped before destination was reached
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response to wage cuts, paralyzed railroads nationwide, especially in the west, the president stepped in to stop it
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Popular speech supporting free silver
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raised tariff to highest point in history
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Republican
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estended territory status to Hawaii
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motivated by imperialism
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reported to apeal to patriotism and national outrage (was actually result of an accident)
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Annexation seemed inevitable, but roused debate and division in America
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Each nation with a sphere of influence in China was to respect the rights and priviledges of other nations in their sphere
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confirmed nation's committment to the gold standard by setting a specific golg value to the dollar
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secret nationalist society launched a revolt against foreigners in China, culminating in a siege of the foreign diplomatic corps
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by an enemy of the government
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Roosevelt's ideals formed into a domestic program
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Republican
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gave federal government authority over federal land
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Amended the Interstate Commerce Act
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Gave ICC authority over railways
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Protected the public from aldultured food and unhealthy drugs
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meant to prevent adultured or misbranded meat
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controversy between whether or not to dam the valley in order to make a reserve for San Fransisco, earthquake of '06 strengthened "for" standpoint
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ressession, not Roosevelt's fault though he was blamed, showed government's lack of control over economy
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reduced tariff hardly at all and raised it in some areas
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Republican
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Strengthened Interstate Commerce Act
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made to protect the welfare of children
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dispute iver lands, whether Ballinger was using federally protected land for personal profit
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Roosevelt v Taft (Split Republican Party) v Wilson
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progressive program bent on destroying trusts and monopoly
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Established by Roosevelt, returning to the presidential election
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progressive program advocating regulation of trusts and monopoly
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Graduated income tax
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Direct election of senators
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reformed tariff-income tax, ect
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to moniter federal reserve banks
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created twelve regional banks controlled by individual banks of each respective district
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Democrat
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regulation agnency that would help businesses determine whether their practices would be agreeable to the government
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Cooperatice Extension Service, federal funds for education
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prompted bitter controversy, in court 20 years, no previous experience in public offfice
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child labor laws
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Women's suffrage
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Prohibition (bann on alcohol)