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the young Men's Christain Association- opened libraries, sponsored classes, and built swimming pools and handball courts
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Vassar College accepted its first women students in 1865
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Global Competition-
Desire for military strength
thirst for new markets
belief in cultural superiority
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Protecting social welfare
promoting moral improvement
creating economic reform
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Farm Women- lives did not change much, in addiition to houshold chores they also raised livestock, helped plow, and plant the fields and harvest the crops
Women in industy- one out of five American women held jobs, 25 percent of them worked in manufacturing.
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we entered The Great War to help Cuba win its independence from Spain.
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When the United States declared war on spain, it also recognized Cuba's independence from Spain.
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the Foraker Act ended military rule and set up a civil government.
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A muckraker is a journalist who writes about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines.
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Congress passed the Elkins Act, which made it illegal for railroad officials to give, and shippers to recieve, rebates for using particular railroads.
the act also specified that railroads could not change set rates without notifying the public. -
Roosevelt pledged to not run for reelection, instead he handpicked his secretary of war, William Howard Taft, to run against William Jennings Bryan.
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The Allied Forces were exhausted after fighting for two and a half years, so one of the main things Americans brought to the war was their freshness and enthusiasm.
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a heavy gaurd of destroyers escorted merchant ships back and forth across the Atlantic.
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Because World War 1 was such a huge conflict, the entire economy had to be rofocused on the war effort. they did this in two ways
War Industries Board- encouraged companies to use mass-production systems to increase efficiency. They also wanted them to standardize products.
Food Administration- Wilson set up the administration under Herbert Hoover. he declared one day a week "meatless," "sweetless," two days "wheatless" and two days "porkless" -
people thought that the ban of alchohol would creat a perfect world
