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The congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration
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After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the united states and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited
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a political organization in which an authoritative boss or small group commands the supporters and buisnesses, who recieve rewards for their efforts
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the first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molted pig iron before the development of the open hearth furnace. the key principle is removal of impurities from the iron by oxidation with air being blown through the molten iron
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the development of industries in a country or region on a wide scale
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a united states policy of opposing european colonism in the americans beginning in 1823 president james monroe first stated the doctorine during his 7th annual state of the union addrfess to congress. the term "monroe doctorine" itself was coined in 1850
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law authorized the president to negotiate with southern indian tribes for their removal of federal territory west of the missippi river in exchange for their lands
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The 19th century doctrine or belief that the expansion of the US throughout the american continents was both justified and inevitable
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the policy of protecting the interests of native born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants
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encouraged western migration by providing settlers 160 acres of public land in exchange, homesteaders paid a small filing fee and were required to complete 5 years of continuous residence before receiving ownership of the land
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journalism that is based upon sensationalism and crude exaggeration
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it was the first significant law restricting immigration into the united states. In the spring of 1882, the Chinese exclusion act was passed by congress and signed by president Chester A. Arthur. this act provided an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese
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aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on tuesday may 4, 1886, at haymarket square chicago
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authorized the president of the united states to survey american indian tribal land and divide it into allotments for individual indians
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a variety of responses to the economic and social problems rapid industrialization introduced to america. Progresivism began as a social movement and grew into a poitical movement. the early progressives rejected social darwinism
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populist movement, in the u.s. history, politically oriented coalition of argarian reformers in the middle west and south that advocate a wide range of economic and political legislation in the late 19th century
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an american orator and politician from Nebraska. Beginning in 1896, he emerged as a dominant force in the democratic party, standing 3 times as the party's nominee for the president of the united states
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a migration by an estimated 100,000 prospectors to the klondike region of the yukon in the north western canada between 1896 and 1899
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an american statesman, author, explorer, soldier, and naturalist, who served as the 26th president of the united states from 1901-1909
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for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of aldulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medicines, and liquors for regulated traffic, and for other purposes
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one who inquires into and publishes scandal and allegations of corruption among political and buisness leaders'', popularized 1906 in speech by president Theodore Roosevelt , in reference to "man with a muckrake in his hand" in bunyans "pilgrims progress" who seeks wordly gain by raking filth
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Susan Brownwell Anthony was an american social reformer ans womens right activist who played a pivotal role in the womens suffrage movemnt
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particulary during president William Howard Tafts term, was a form of american foreign policy to further its aims in Latin america and east Asia through use of its economic power by gauranteeing loans made to foreign countries
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a US legislation that created the current federal reserve system. the federal reserve act intended to establish a form of economic stability in the united states through the introduction of the central bank, which would be in charge of monetary policy
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the 17th amendment modified article 1, section 3 of the constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for US senators prior to its passage, senators were chosen by state legislatures
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a scottish american industrialist. Carnegie led the expansion of the american steel industry in the late 19th century and is identified as one of the richest people ever
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the term for this period came into use in the 1920s and 1930s and was derived from writer Mark Twains 1873 novel The gilded age. a tale of today, which satrized an era of serious social problems masked by a thin gold lining
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the right of citizens of the united states to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the united states or by any state on account of sex
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a bribery incident that took place in the united states from 1921 to 1922, during the administration of president warren g harding
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An american union leader, one of the founding members of the industrial workers of the world, and five times the candidate of the socialist party of america for the president of the unites states
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as migrants moved from the countryside, small towns became large cities. By 1850, for the first time in world history, more people in a country then great Britain lived in cities then rural areas
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a simple idea that promises success to all who reside and work hard in the land of the free and the home of the brave. we as americans pride ourselves on the notion of living in a country built by immigrants who came here looking for social, political, and regions liberty.
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An african journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, georgist, and early leader in the civil rights movement
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a derogatory metaphor of social critisism originally applied to certain late 19th century american buisnessmen who used unscrupulous methods to get rich
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Known as the ''mother'' of social work, was a pioneer american settlement activist/reformer social worker, public philosopher, socialogist, author, and leader in womens suffrage and world peace
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An american lawyer, a leading member of the american civil liberties union, and a prominent advocate for georgist economic reform
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An american writer who wrote nearly one hundred books and other works in several genres. Sinclairs work was well known and popular in the first half of the twentieth century, and he won the pultizer prize for fiction in 1943.
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a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before that officials term has ended
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a religious movement that arose during the second half of the 19th century. ministers especially ones belonging to the protestant branch of Christianity, began to tie salvation and good works together. they argued that people must emulate life of Jesus christ