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Armistice
An armistice is a situation in a war where the warring parties agree to stop fighting -
William Taft
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Austrian archduke
Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne -
John Muir
John Muir was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and early advocate of preservation of wilderness in the United States -
Boxer Rebellion
groups of peasants in northern China began to band together into a secret society known as I-ho ch'üan, called the "Boxers" by Western press. -
Spanish-American War
The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence. American attacks on Spain's Pacific possessions led to involvement in the Philippine Revolution and ultimately to the Philippine–American War. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Teddy was the 26th president of the United States, He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the progressive era. -
Canal Zone
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Meat Inspection Act
The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 is a United States Congress Act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was a key piece of Progressive Era legislation, signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act. Enforcement of the Pure Food and Drug Act was assigned to the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in 1930 -
National Reclamation Act
The Reclamation act is a United States federal law that funded irrigation projects for the arid lands of 20 states in the American West. -
Neutrality
A neutral power in a particular war is a sovereign state which declares itself to be neutral towards the belligerents. -
Lusitania
Lusitania was a British ocean liner, holder of the Blue Riband and briefly the world's biggest ship -
Great White Fleet
The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Florence Kelley
Florence Kelley was an American social and political reformer. Her work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights is widely regarded today -
NAACP
NAACP is the nation's oldest and largest civil rights organization. -
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. -
Dollar Diplomacy
A policy aimed at furthering the interests of the United States abroad by encouraging the investment of U.S. capital in foreign countries. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created and set up the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes and Federal Reserve Bank Notes as legal tender -
18th Amendment
The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol -
19th Amendment
The Nineteenth Amendment (Amendment XIX) to the United States Constitution prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex -
United States declares war
A declaration of war is a formal declaration issued by a national government indicating that a state of war exists between that nation and another -
League of Nations
The League of Nations , was an intergovernmental organization founded as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War -
Poison Gas
Chemical weapons in World War I were primarily used to demoralize, injure and kill entrenched defenders, against whom the indiscriminate and generally slow-moving or static nature of gas clouds would be most effective
