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Pan-American Conference
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Maine Explosion in Havana harbor
Also the year of the Spanish-American War. -
National Consumers League founded
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Hawaii receives full territorial status
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American Socialist party formed
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U.S. troops leave Cuba
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Lincoln Steffens and Ida Tarbell publish muckraking exposes
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Wilson defeats Taft and Roosevelt for presidency
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17th Amendment passed
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Federal Reserve Act
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WWI begins in Europe
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Germany declares submarine war area around British Isles
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U.S. exports to European belligerents skyrocket
Wilson defeats Hughes for presidency also in this year. -
Puerto Ricans granted U.S. citizenship
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Women's Bureau established in Department of Labor