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The first New England missionaries reached Hawaii
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Sugar imports from Hawaii became less profitable with the McKinley Tariff
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New York reporter, Lincoln Steffens wrote "The Shame of the Cities" which unmasked the corrupt alliance between big business and municipal government.
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Governor of California, Hiram W. Johnson helped to break the grip of the Southern Pacific Railroad on California politics
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The Democrats chose Woodrow Wilson as their presidential candidate for the election
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The President approved an act restricting child labor on products flowing into interstate commerce. The Adamson Act