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The Progressive Era was marked by civil rights, fighting on labor reform, and prohibition.
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William McKinley was president during this time.
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The Philippine-American War was a war between the Philippine Republic and the United States because the Philippine Republic objected to the Treaty of Paris.
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United States History, 1900-1920
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Theodore Roosevelt was president during this time. He was known for his trustbusting.
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Leon Czolgosz shoots McKinley, making Theodore Roosevelt President.
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The surrender of general Miguel Malvar ended the Philippine-American War.
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Upton Sinclair's "The Jungle" demonstrated to American's the need to regulate production.
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William Howard Taft was president during this time.
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A fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Company killed several women, demonstrating to Americans the need to stand for factory workers.
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Woodrow Wilson was president during this time.
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World War I, also known as the Great War, was a huge war that included nearly all of Europe and the United States due to a tangle of alliances.
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German U-Boats torpedoed the Lusitania. This played a role in convincing Americans to go to war.
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The United States entered into the World War that was being fought in Europe, partially because of the Zimmerman Telegram which asked Mexico to join Germany against America.
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Congress passed an act that made it a crime to aid enemy nations or mess with the draft.
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The 18th Amendment prohibited alcohol.
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Germany signed the peace treaty, accepting war reparations and a disarming of their military.
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The 19th Amendment gave women the right to work.