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provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west.
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outlawed business monopolies
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abolished slavery
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granted citizenship and equal civil and legal rights to African Americans and slaves who had been emancipated after the American Civil War
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Immigration Issues (Assimilation and Nativism)- by 1870, 25 million people migrated to the US.
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African American men the right to vote.
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social darwinism- the idea that certain people are more powerful then others which is why there is racism and imperialism.
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first significant law restricting immigration into the United States.
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awarded government jobs based on merit.
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gave individual ownership of land to native americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively.
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ensure railroad set “reasonable and just” rate and the first time government stepped in to regulate business.
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Hull House founded, first of many settlement houses
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Alaska discovered gold and everyone wanted it
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legalized segregation, established “separate but equal”
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NAACP
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USS Maine explodes off the coast of Cuba, starting the Spanish American War.
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Hawaii is annexed as a territory of the United States
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initiated free trade with China
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an addition to the Monroe Doctrine
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law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat
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regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines.
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The Jungle was a way to expose poor conditions in the Chicago stockyards.
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Taft’s policy of paying for peace in Latin America.
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largest and most pre-eminent civil rights organization in the nation.
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the assembly line was a way for work to get done more efficiently and faster.
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established the federal income tax
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direct election of U.S. Senators
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established the Federal Reserve, which helped stabilize the banking industry.
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Red scare- occurred immediately after World War I, revolved around a perceived threat from the American labor movement.
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starting World War I
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German submarine sunk Lusitania
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to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life.
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intercepted by the British, warned the U.S. of a proposed ally between Mexico and Germany.
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causing Russian troops to exit the war
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statement of principles for peace after World War I, included no colonialism, freedom of the seas, and a League of Nations.
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considered the turning point of the war
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prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal
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peace treaty that ended World War I, required Germany to accept full blame and pay war reparations as well as demilitarize.
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women are given the right to vote
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granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States
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making a nonstop solo flight from New York to Paris
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America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression after
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Dust Bowl intensified the crushing economic impacts of the Great Depression
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Roosevelt took office in the midst of the Great Depression, the worst economic crisis in U.S. history.
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work relief program that gave millions of young men employment on environmental projects during the Great Depression.
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adjusted the dates of the presidential terms
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agency created in 1933 during the depths of the Great Depression to protect bank depositors and ensure a level of trust in the American banking system.
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repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends
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independent federal regulatory agency tasked with protecting investors and capital, overseeing the stock market and proposing and enforcing federal securities laws.
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program created by President Roosevelt in 1935 that put roughly 8.5 million Americans to work.
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established the Social Security Administration, which provides unemployment insurance, aid to the disabled, old age pensions, and insurance for families.
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Hitler launched an invasion of Poland that triggered the start of World War II
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surprise attack by Japanese forces
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clash between the U.S. Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy that played out six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor.
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