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Provided 160 acres to anyone willing to settle on land in the west.
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Abolished slavery
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Citizenship & due process
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Voting for all male citizens
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Prohibited immigration of skilled or unskilled Chinese laborers, first U.S national immigration act.
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Awarded government jobs based on merit.
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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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Gave individual ownership of land to Native Americans instead of the tribe owning things collectively.
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Outlawed trusts to promote economy fairness
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Legalized segregation established "separate but equal"
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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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Taft's policy of paying for peace in Latin America
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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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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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Prohibition is enacted and alcohol is illegal
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Women are given the right to vote
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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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An economic and political system based on one party government and state owner ship of property.
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The individual pieces that formed the USSR, a manifestation of the idea of world revolution that would allow new nationalities to form these and join.
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Granted citizenship to any Native Americans born within the United States
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Adjusted the dates of the presidential terms
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Repeals the 18th Amendment and prohibition ends
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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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Incarceration of Japanese Americans for the duration of World War II
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Gives military veterans financial and educational benefits.
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Ending World War II (August 9)
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U.S policy that gave military and economic aid to countries threatened by communism.
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Containment was a foreign policy strategy followed by the United States during the Cold War.
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Program to help European countries rebuild after World War II.
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Ruled the separate law school at the University of Texas failed to qualify as "separate but equal"
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A foreign policy during the 1950s to 1980s that states if one land in a region came under the influence of communism, then surrounding countries would follow.
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Prohibits anyone who has been elected president twice from being elected again.
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Overturned Plessy v. Ferguson and mandated desegregation
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Mexican Americans and all other races provided equal protection under the 14th Amendment
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Authorized the building of a national highway system.
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The Soviet's launch of the first Sputnik satellite, stunned and concerned the United States and the rest of the world, as it took the Cold War arms race soon became the Space Race.
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Begins undeclared war in Vietnam
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Abolishes the poll tax
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Made discrimination bases on race, religion, or national origin in public places illegal and required employers to hire on an equal opportunity bases
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Eliminated literacy tests for voters
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Prohibited discrimination in the sale or rental of housing
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Defined the First Amendment rights for student in the United States Public Schools
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Moved the voting age from 21 years old to 18 years old
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Protects people from discrimination based on gender in education programs
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Law limited the President's right to send troops to battle without Congressional approval
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