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| liberal, one who supports political reform; one who supports advancement, one who advocates improvement and change |
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| work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights is widely regarded today |
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| state of being forbidden; act of forbidding or prohibiting; law or decree which forbids something |
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| one who reveals corruption, exposer of scandal |
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| 1855-1925), senator, congressman, governor of Wisconsin and candidate for President (1912 and 1924) |
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| enterprise, drive, ambition; beginning move in a process, first step |
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| poll of an entire population, referral of a vote to the entire electorate |
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| remember, recollect; call back, bring back; revoke, annul, cancel |
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| popular election of senators |
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| was an American astronomer |
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| right to vote; vote cast in favor of a specific candidate; short prayer or petition |
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| USA political activist and leader of the women's suffrage movement |
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| was an American women's rights organization formed in May 1890 as a unification of the National Woman Suffrage Association |
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| 26th president of the United States (1901-1909), winner of the 1906 Nobel Peace Prize |
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| President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection |
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| book writen by Upton Sinclair who exposed factory conditions especially in the meat profession |
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| (1878-1968) United States author and social activist; wrote The Jungle |
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| substantially amended by the 1967 Wholesome Meat Act (P.L. 90-201), requires the United States Department of Agriculture to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption |
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| a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines |
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| association whose goals are to promote the concerns of African Americans |
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| was the first Chief of the United States Forest Service (1905–1910) and the 28th Governor of Pennsylvania (1923–1927, 1931–1935) |
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| 27th president of the United States (1909-1913) |
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| Act of 1909 (ch. 6, 36 Stat. 11), named for Representative Sereno E. Payne (R-NY) and Senator Nelson W. Aldrich (R-RI), began in the United States House of Representatives as a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States |
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| further expanded on the Sherman anti-trust act and made trusts illegal |
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| is an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act |
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| the central banking system of the United States |
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| Hawaii's last sovereign queen |
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| The policy of extending a nation's authority by territorial acquisition or by the establishment of economic and political hegemony |
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| was a United States Navy flag officer, geostrategist, and historian |
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| The American battleship Maine blew up in Havana harbor in February, 1898, in an incident that Americans blamed on Spain with little evidence |
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| The Government of Cuba shall never enter into any treaty or other compact with any foreign power or powers which will impair or tend to impair the independence of Cuba, nor in any manner authorize or permit any foreign power or powers to obtain by colonization or for military or naval purposes, or otherwise, lodgment in or control over any portion of said island. |
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| A relationship of protection and partial control assumed by a superior power over a dependent country or region |
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| Open Door Policy was a foreign policy initiative enunciated formally by Secretary of State John Hay in his Open Door notes of 1899 and 1900 |
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| In 1900, a group known as the Boxers murdered thousands of foreigners, especially missionaries, in an attempt to rid China of all foreign influence. |
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| shortcut for ships in ocean |
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| an extension of the Monroe Doctrine by United States President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904 |
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| term used to describe the effort of the United States — particularly under President William Howard Taft |
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| Glorification of the ideals of a professional military class. Predominance of the armed forces in the administration or policy of the |
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1.Germany
2.Russia
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| was a group of nations fighting against the Allies |
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| was a 1917 diplomatic proposal from the German Empire to Mexico to make war against the United States |
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| Under the Military Selective Service Act, all young men (citizens and non-citizens ) between ages 18 through 25 are required to register with Selective Service |
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| Under the Military Selective Service Act, all young men (citizens and non-citizens ) between ages 18 through 25 are required to register with Selective Service |
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| is an "individual who has claimed the right to refuse to perform military service" on the grounds of freedom of thought, conscience |
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| espionage and sedition act |
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| The Sedition Act did even more than the Espionage Act to restrict what could be sent through the U.S. mails |
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| was a speech given by United States President Woodrow Wilson to a joint session of Congress on January 8, 1918 |
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| was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War |
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| was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers |
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| the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol |
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| for slavery is a proposal that some type of compensation should be provided to the descendants of enslaved people in the United States |
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