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Britain effectively blocked German ports to supplies.
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a process of making steel from molten pig iron.
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gold discovery
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To help develop american west and spur economic growth
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The act which set aside federal lands to create colleges "benefit the agricultural and mechanical arts."
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Built rail roads.
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a momentarily victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne
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Main goal was to form cooperatives.
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Founded Indian industrial school
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invention of light-bulb one of Americas biggest accomplishments.
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flipped the switch on Thomasons pear street power station.
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The first significant law turning away immigration into the united states.
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created interstate commerce commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry
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Authorized the president to break up reservation land owned by tribes.
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studied the rise and fall of naval powers.
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showed the slum conditions in new york.
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authorized federal government to institute proceeding against trusts in order to dissolve them.
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the slaughter of indians by united states troops.
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fredrick jackson turners essay which told his story.
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Strike broke out at the Pullman factories
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The united states declared war against Spain
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Helped set laws on equal rights.
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US labor law put limitations on working time for miners and smelters as constitutional
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Hawaii became a U.S. territory
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United States paid Spain 20 million to annex the entire Philippine archipelago.
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authorized the secretary of the interior to designate irrigation sites as well as establish a reclamation fun.
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Place built for quicker ship goods and cheaply between the Atlantic and pacific coast.
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Exposure of conditions in Chicago stockyars
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10 hours of labor a day as the maximum in the baking trade.
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got rid of the sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs.
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law which limited women to 10 hours of work in factories and laundries.
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Founded to help abolition of segregation, discrimination, etc.
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regulating insurance
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Helped voters to be able to vote for choosing state officials.
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Henry Ford installs the first moving assembly line
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created the federal reserve system
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war broke out between countries
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Prohibits any form of unethical corporation behavior.
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The Lusitania Sunk which contributed indirectly to the entry of the united states in WWl
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Brought U.S. into the war
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Requirement by law which helps in times of war
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Guns ceased firing at 11 m the armistice was agreed at 5:10am
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Prohibited manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors
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granted women the right to vote
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control over both the quantity and quality of U.S. immigrants in effort to prevent further erosion of the ethic composition
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federal law that prevented immigration from Asia and set quotas on the number of immigrants from eastern and southern Europe
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Represents dramatic clash between traditional and modern values in america of the 1920's