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The purpose to punch holes in the British blockade, which was threatening to starve Germany out of the war
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The first inexpensive industrial process for the mass production of steel from molten pig iron.
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The Discovery of Gold in Pikes Peak was the boom in gold and mining in Pike's Peak Country of Western Kansas Territory and Southwestern Nebraska Territory of the United States.
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The Homestead Act provided any adult citizen or intended citizen who had never borne arms against the U.S. government could claim 160 acres of surveyed government land.
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Morrill Land Grant Act set aside federal lands in able to create colleges to "benefit the agriculture and mechanical arts"
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The purpose of the Transcontinental rr was to revolutionize travel, connecting areas of the Western United States with the East.
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The battle was for a momentary victory for the Lakota and Cheyenne.
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The reason for this was to form cooperatives.
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Thomas built a lightbulb that allowed us to have light in rooms, lamps, and ceiling lights.
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The purpose of this school was to "kill the Indian" and "save the Man" and make all the people speak English no matter what.
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It was a law that banned Chinese immigrants for 10 years and prevented Chinese already in the country from becoming citizens.
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Edison flipped the switch on his Pearl Street power station
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Advocate strengthing Social security and private pensions, ensure fair tax policies, and make high-quality, affordable healthcare available to all.
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It made the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation.
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The purpose of the Dawes act was to create divisions among Native Americans and eliminate the social cohesion of tribes.
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He wanted to show how to alleviate the poor living conditions of poor people by exposing their conditions to the middle and upper classes.
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sought to arouse his fellow Americans to a realization of their maritime responsibilities.
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US soldiers killed over 300 unarmed Sioux women and children and elders
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It authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trust order to dissolve them
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after the Superintendent of the Census of 1890 declared that the American frontier had been settled and additional land was no longer available
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The purpose of this was to respond to layoffs, wage cuts, and firings.
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upheld Louisiana state law that allowed for "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races."
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Holden argued that the Utah law restricted his constitutional rights, as well as those of his employees, to make contracts
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America's support the ongoing struggle by Cubans and Filipinos against Spanish rule, and the mysterious explosion of the battleship U.S.S. Maine in Havana Harbor
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was achieved due to the perceived threat of the Japanese invasion.
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Americans who advocated annexation evinced a variety of motivations desire for commercial opportunities in Asia, concern that the Filipinos were incapable of self-rule, and fear that if the United States did not take control of the islands, another power might do so.
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Some progressives sought to transform the arid West into productive farmland by harnessing rivers for irrigation.
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wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
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Lochner was accused of permitting an employee to work more than 60 hours in one week.
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expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry
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expanded the jurisdiction of the Interstate Commerce Commission and gave it the power to set maximum railroad rates.
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public outrage prompted Congress to establish federal responsibility for public health and welfare.
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Oregon enacted a law that limited women to ten hours of work in factories and laundries
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a deadly race riot rocked the city of Springfield, eruptions of anti-black violence, and particularly lynching.
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The Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators.
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Ford realized he'd need a more efficient way to produce the car in order to lower the price
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A particularly severe panic in 1907 resulted in bank runs that wreaked havoc on the fragile banking system
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It began after the assassination of Austrian archduke Franz Ferdinand by South Slav nationalist Gavrilo Princip
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Intended to strengthen earlier antitrust legislation
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An explosion caused the sinking.
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Germany's resumption of submarine attacks on passenger and merchant ships
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authorized the Federal Government to temporarily expand the military through conscription.
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Chancellor Friedrich Ebert asked the Allies for an armistice. Finally, the fighting was over.
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Chancellor Friedrich Ebert asked the Allies for an armistice. Finally, the fighting was over.
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Chancellor Friedrich Ebert asked the Allies for an armistice. Finally, the fighting was over.
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as a result of roughly a century of reform movements
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women were denied many basic rights granted to their male counterparts
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fears surrounding the increasing number of immigrants that entered the United States in the early 20th century
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to control both the quantity and quality of U.S. immigrants in an effort to prevent further erosion of the ethnic composi- tion of U.S. society.
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The Statue of Liberty was built as a symbol of freedom.
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accused of violating Tennessee's Butler Act