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Planters stage uprising
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Contents of a seized Spanish letter caused an international scandal that fueled anti Spanish and pro-war feelings in the United States
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Spanish government sued for peace
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Unorganized territory
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150,000 United Mine workers went on strike
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Illegal to take and give secret rebates
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Theodore Roosevelt 2nd term presidency
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ICC power to set maximum freight rates
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Federal inspection of meats destined for interstate commerce
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William Taft 27th President
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W. Wilson's "New Freedom"
Temporary expansion of federal power
Eliminate all monopolies/Big business
Sought regulated competition
Ambiguous program -
U.S. produced one third of the world's industrial output
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Established federal income tax
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Direct election of US senators
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Woodrow Wilson 28th President
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Smith-Lever Act, 1914
Federal financing for farm-demonstration -
Known as "Great War"
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Federal Farm Loan Act, 1916
12 Federal Land Banks
Offered farmers loans -
Warehouse Act, 1916
farmers who stored their harvest in designated warehouses receive federal receipts -
federal army from 90,000 to 175,000 and gradually enlarge to 223,000
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US declared war on Germany
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Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 1918
Freed from fighting Germany -
Estimated 50 million people
2 phases
Spring 1918
Fall 1918 -
Illegal: production, transport, and sale of alcohol
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Prohibits any US citizen from being denied the right to vote on the bases of sex
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Marcus Garvey
Leading spokesperson – Garveyism
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Convinced racial oppression and exploitation were prevalent in most societies around the world
“Black Power”