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She was a social reformer. She had a very big part in women's suffrage. She was president of the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
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It was a US policy. They warned European Nations to stop colonizing America. They said if they did anyway, it would be viewed as hostile.
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It was a US policy. Native Americans were forcibly removed from their homelands. They had to move west of the Mississippi River.
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He was a Scottish American industrialist. He helped build the steel industry. He was a philanthropist.
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It was a US political policy. People that were born in America were favored. Immigrants were not.
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Americans thought they should go west. They thought it was their God-given right. They thought it was inevitable.
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It was a steel-making process. It was inexpensive. It was invented by Sir Henry Bessemer.
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He was a socialist presidential candidate. He was very active in the labor movement. He created the American Railway Union.
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He was a lawyer. He defended criminals. He was a member of the American Civil Liberties Union.
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He was the 26th president of America. He was the leader of the Rough Riders. He established 5 national parks.
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They are either one boss or a small group of people. They maintain political control of a city, county, or state. They do this by obtaining a lot of votes.
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He was a congressman. He gave "Cross of Gold" speech. He ran for president, buy he kept losing.
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She founded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. She co-founded the Hull House. She was a peace activist, an advocate for immigrants and the poor, and a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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It was signed by president Abraham Lincoln. It encouraged people to move west. It gave them 160 acres, but they had to pay a small fee and live there for 5 years before it belonged to them.
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She was a journalist. She led an anti-lynching crusade. She was a suffragist.
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People stop living in rural areas. They move to urban areas. Cities get larger.
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The term was made by Mark Twain. He meant that the period was glittery at first glance. He said that underneath it was corrupt.
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The economy shifted. People went from agriculture to manufacturing. People moved from rural areas to urban.
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It was a term applied to businessmen. They used unethical methods to get rich. They had a large political influence.
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It was a religious social-reform movement. They wanted to make industrialized society better through biblical principles. Principles such as charity and justice.
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He was a well known writer, mostly about social protest. He wrote The Jungle. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.
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It was signed by President Chester A. Arthur. It prevented Chinese people to immigrate to America. It was the first large act of its kind.
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It started as a labor protest for an 8hr work day. It became a riot when someone threw a bomb at the police. At least 8 people died.
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It was signed by president Grover Cleveland. It divided Indian reservations into sections for individual Indians. This made the Indians even more upset than they already were.
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Regular people hold the power. Progress is important. Advancements in science, technology, economic development, and social organization are essential.
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It was a style of newspaper reporting. It used exaggeration. It used eye-catching titles instead of facts.
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It was a migration of sorts. 100,000 prospectors moved. They went to Canada to look for gold.
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People can propose new laws. Laws passed by legislature can be showed to citizens for approval. People can vote to have someone removed from office.
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Someone who seeks to expose corruption. Someone who publishes scandals. It mostly has to do with politics.
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It prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of tampered or poisonous foods. It also applied to drugs and alcohol. It was made to protect the people.
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America uses money to extend its international influence. It was created by president William Howard Taft and Secretary of State Philander C. Knox. It mainly took place in Latin America, the Caribbean and the Far East.
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Congress can make taxes and collect money from people. It doesn't matter where the money is from, as long as it's "income". It doesn't share the money with the states.
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It allowed members of the Senate to be voted for. Every state voted on 2 representatives each. That makes 100 members of the Senate.
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It was made to establish a form of economic stability. It introduced the Central Bank. It would be in charge of monetary policy.
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It banned alcohol. It started prohibition. It made people very unhappy.
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Women get a new right. They can vote now. It's a big deal.
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President Harding transferred supervision of the naval oil-reserve lands from the navy to the Department of the Interior. The Secretary of the interior, Albert Bacon Fall, secretly granted exclusive rights of the Teapot Dome reserves to the Mammoth Oil Company. They were found out and charged shortly later.
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People from other countries move to America. In America, you can do anything. You can become something from nothing.
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