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William Mckinley
During 1897 and 1901 he was the 25th president of the united states. -
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20th cetury
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Boxer rebellion
A prto-nationalist movement by the righteous Harmony Society in china opposing foreign imperialism and christianity. -
National Reclamation act
funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
Hay-Bunau Varilla Treaty 1903
Established the Panama Canal Zone and the subsequent construction of the Panama Canal. -
Shame of the Cities
a work published in 1904 by Lincoln Steffens that sought to expose public corruption in many major cities throughout the United States. -
Hepburn Act
Gave the power to set railroad rates. -
Panic of 1907
A financial crisis that occurred in the United States when the New York Stock Exchange fell almost 50% -
Ballinger-pinchot Controversy
A dispute between U.S. Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Richard Achilles Ballinger -
William Howard Taft
Taft's domestic agenda emphasized trust-busting, civil service reform, strengthening the Interstate Commerce Commission, improving the performance of the postal service, and passage of the Sixteenth Amendment. -
W.E.B. BuBois
Du Bois was one of the co-founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909. -
The Promises of American Life
Published by Herbert Croly,This book opposed aggressive unionization and supported economic planning to raise general quality of life. -
Clayton Anti-trust act
Add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency. -
Military intervention in Vera Cruz
United sates occupation of Veracruz. It was a response to the Tampico Affair. It started because of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, related to the ongoing Mexican revolution. -
Louis Brandeis
He published a book entitled Other People's Money And How the Bankers Use It, who is fighting against the trust. -
Booker T. Washington and the Atlanta compromise
After Booker T. Washington’s Death in 1915, The supporters of the Atlanta Compromise gradually shifted their support to civil activism. -
The birth of a Nation
The film was a commercial success but was highly controversial owing to its portrayal of African Americans as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, the portrayal of the Klux Klux Klan as a heroic force. -
The passing of the great race
It was a influential book of scientific racism written by the American eugenicist, lawyer and amateur anthropologist Madison Grant in 1916 -
Steel strike
an attempt by the weakened Amalgamated Association of iron, steel and tin Workers to organize the United States steel industry in the wake of World War I. -
Margaret Sanger
A irth control activist. She founded the American Birth control league. -
An American tragedy
Theodore Driesers first commercial succes novel.
