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Sugar Trade
Planters stage uprising -
De Lome Letter
Contents of a seized Spanish letter caused an international scandal that fueled anti Spanish and pro-war feelings in the United States -
Spanish government
Spanish government sued for peace -
Philippine Government Act
Unorganized territory -
Coal Strike
150,000 United Mine workers went on strike -
Elkins Act
Illegal to take and give secret rebates -
26th President
Theodore Roosevelt 2nd term presidency -
Hepburn Act
ICC power to set maximum freight rates -
Meat Inspection Act
Federal inspection of meats destined for interstate commerce -
27th Presidency
William Taft 27th President -
New Freedom
W. Wilson's "New Freedom"
Temporary expansion of federal power
Eliminate all monopolies/Big business
Sought regulated competition
Ambiguous program -
United States Production
U.S. produced one third of the world's industrial output -
16th Amendment
Established federal income tax -
17th Amendment
Direct election of US senators -
28th Presidency
Woodrow Wilson 28th President -
Law under Wilson
Smith-Lever Act, 1914
Federal financing for farm-demonstration -
Period: to
World War I
Known as "Great War" -
Law under Wilson
Federal Farm Loan Act, 1916
12 Federal Land Banks
Offered farmers loans -
Law under Wilson
Warehouse Act, 1916
farmers who stored their harvest in designated warehouses receive federal receipts -
National Defense
federal army from 90,000 to 175,000 and gradually enlarge to 223,000 -
U.S.
US declared war on Germany -
Russian Revolution/USSR
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, March 1918
Freed from fighting Germany -
Great Flu Pandemic
Estimated 50 million people
2 phases
Spring 1918
Fall 1918 -
18th Amendment
Illegal: production, transport, and sale of alcohol -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any US citizen from being denied the right to vote on the bases of sex -
Negro Nationalism
Marcus Garvey
Leading spokesperson – Garveyism
Universal Negro Improvement Association
Convinced racial oppression and exploitation were prevalent in most societies around the world
“Black Power”