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This is when Jane Aadams creates the Hull Houses and gives the poor a place to go. (Kind of like a Rec. center)
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Published by Jacob Riis and showed how the poor lived in tennements.
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This is an act used to split up companies that work together using trusts to create a monopoly.
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The last battle of the American-Indian War
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A strike lead by railroad workers against the private owners who treated them unfairly. This lead to more government control of railroads.
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This was when segregation took a firm hold in the US.
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A war between the US and Spain that was caused by Yellow Journalism.
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A letter from the Spanish government that criticized the United States government.
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The main event leading to the Spanish American War
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League formed to try and keep the US from imperialism.
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This was when the US pretty much forced its way in to China trade.
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Roosevelt is V.P.
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This event was Roosevelts modifications to the monroe doctrine that stated the US would respond to European influence in Latin America.
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Cut travel from East to West coast in half.
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A conference held on the Canadian side of Niagra Falls and based on African American Civil Rights.
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An act passed to improve food quality and improve sanitation when it came to food handling.
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Published by Upton Sinclair, shows how bad the meat packing industry was.
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An agreement between the US and Japan that Japanese students will be able to attend school in Los Angeles.
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This is when the whole prespective of industry is changed.
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Association formed to try and gain African American Rights.
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Diplomacy used by Taft from an economic point of view in East Asia and Latin America.
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With a bigger government the government needed to raise taxes to fund it.
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Allowed the people to vote for senators through direct primaries.
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Major event contributing to the begining of WWI
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This act stated that no one should do anything to put down the US during war time.
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A telegram intentionally for the US from Germany to try and provoke the US to join WWI.
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The treaty blaiming Germany for WWI
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The prohibition of alcohol
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This allowed people to vote and not be discriminated against to prevent them from voting.