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Anyone that works to improve the lives of people. ie. raise minmum wage, apply sanitation standards, elimanate child labour. |
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She was a social and political reformer mostly for children and women.
She served as a dirrector of the National Consumer's League. which used cosumer activity to reform the industrial system.
She wrote "Ethical Gains Through Legislation" and "Modern Industry" |
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Legislature that prohibits the production, distribution, selling of alcoholic beverages. |
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Coined by Roosovelt.
It is something along the lines of an investigative reporter that reveals corruption and injustice. |
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Ran for president as part of the progressive party in the year 1924. His platform was largly fucused on weakening the power of corpurations and increasing the wages and working conditions. |
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The first step or action. |
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The referring of legislature that has been proposed or passed by the legislative group to the vote of the electorate. The electorate can then either accept the legislature or reject it. |
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To bring back to matters.
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Do you recall what Bethany Michelle Wagner said?
or to revoke.
ie. a tomato recall in California.
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A dirrect election for U.S. state senators by popular vote. |
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Sarted a nationwide prohibition on 1-17-1920. |
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It allowed women and transgendered people to vote. |
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In 1847 she discovered a comet to which she named "Ms. Mitchell's Comet". She received a gold medal forher discovery
Maria was the first American women to work as a professional astronomer. |
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the right to express one's will in a political election |
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Joined Women's rights movement in1852 to which she dedicated mmost of her life toward. She also helped elimanate slavery in America. In 1900 she persuaded the university of Rochester to allow women to enter their doors. Susan (who never maried) died on march 13 1906
as a compassionate advocate for women's rights.(She might have been a lesbian)
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National American Woman suffrage Association
formed in May 1890
It was the most influencial Womans suffrage association. |
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26th president (1901-1909)
Founder of the Progessive party
worked in the deparment of the Navy.
inthe Spanish-American war he led a small group of soldiers called the "Rough Riders"
He became VP for Pres. McKinley and after Mckinley's assassination Theodore became president
At the youngest age (42)
helped build panama canal
Ended the Russian-Japonese war
the first American to receive a nobe peacel prize
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A phrase coined by TR. it ment that if TR. was in office every american would have their own so called corner of government. |
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(1906) A book written by upton Sinclair
to portray the lives of low-wage immigrants, but instead the prime idea that was taken away from the book was; I cannot belive what I have been eating.
This book helped improve the quality of meat in the U.S.. |
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The Autor of "The Jungle" |
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(1906) legislature that enforced the examination of animals before the slaughter, humane methods of slaughter. No more diseased carcasses in the meat aisle. |
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States that all food products must be suitable for consumption in order for a person to sell the sustance to a person.
The drug act meant that drugs had to be proven before they could be sold to the market. |
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The Nation associate for the Advocate of coloured people
(1909)
It is this nation oldest and largest civil rights organization. |
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Was the first chief of the U.S. forestry service
He was origanally from Germany |
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27th president(1909-1913)
The most wholesome president
Dollar diplomacy
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(1909)
Tax reform
It lowered more taxees than it raised |
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(1914) prohibited exclusive sales. It stopped corporations from dirrectly elimanated other corporations.
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(1914)
Protect customers
and provote anti-trust legislature |
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(1913)
The creation of a federal bank was made to reduce the chances of a panic or depression
it maintains stability in the financial system |
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the last ruling monarch in Hawaii |
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When one person feels like they should control the another. It can be a country that wants to widen its domain.
The strongest of the countries wins |
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claimed that the road to which a nation must follow to become a super power lies in the navy.
"Sea Power" |
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A category of journalism that is exciting, but often is over estimated or false. This type of journalism is intended is intended to strike strong the emotions of people who are too prosaic to review an alternate source of information. |
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(1898)
Exploded in Havana
Started the Spanish-American war
Even if no nexus was found between the explosion and Spain. |
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(1903)
An amendment in the Cuban constitution
Even though Cuba was free
The U.S did not want to have Cuba making its own foreign policy. |
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A relation were a strong state protects a weaker state in exchange for some control of government.
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(1899-1900)
It allowed all countries to have equal trading power with china. |
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A nationalist revolution in northern china(1898-1901)
The chinese were opposed to christianity and imperialism
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(Who's she?)
A canal the divides Panama in half
it connects the carribean sea to the Pacific ocean
So now we don't have to sail around south America to get to Baja sur. |
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(1904)
Roosevelt used the Monroe Doctrine as a stepping stone
and stated that European countries must end all activity in the Americas. He also stated something along the lines of "If you attack any country in the Americas,the U.S. will go to war with the host country." |
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Guaranteeded U.S. loans to foreign countries
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the use of military units to enforce laws |
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The group of countries that asisted the U.S. in WWI |
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the league of countries that opposed the Allies in WWI |
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A ship that was bombed by Germans. After this the U.S joined the Allies |
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(1917) A German Proposal that Mexico should attack the U.S. |
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(1917)
A secret act that drafted younger men |
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A person who claims to have the right to not do military service. |
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Espionage and sedition act |
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(1918)
It prohibited an attempt of military interfernence |
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A speech given by Woodrow
To encouraged Americans to support the military |
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It is a global organization
that was intendednto bring an end to war. |
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lesislatue that address violations of human rights |
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