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Matthew Perry takes warships to Tokyo Bay
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Presidency of James Garfield & Presidency of Chester Arthur
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Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 1)
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Presidency of Benjamin Harrison
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Alfred T. Mahan publishes The Influence of Sea Power & Jacob Riis publishes How the Other Half Lives
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Presidency of Grover Cleveland (Term 2) & Americans overthrow Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii
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Cuban rebels declare Cuba an independent Republic of Cuba
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Presidency of William McKinley
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U.S.S. Maine sinks in the Havana Harbor & U.S. declares war on Spain
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Secretary of State John Hay sends note on Open Door Policy in China
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President McKinley is assassinated & Presidency of Theodore Roosevelt & American troops capture Filipino resistance leader Emilio Aguinaldo
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T. Roosevelt supports passage of the Newlands Reclamation Act
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Construction of the Panama Canal begins
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W.E.B DuBois and other African American leaders launch the Niagara Movement
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Upton Sinclair publishes The Jungle & Pure Food and Drug Act passed
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Presidency of William H. Taft & N.A.A.C.P is founded
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W. Taft establishes the Children’s Bureau
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Presidency of Woodrow Wilson & 17th Amendment requires direct election of senators & Federal Reserve Act
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Clayton Antitrust Act
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19th Amendment grants women’s suffrage