U.S. history 1890-1920

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  • john muir

    his efforts led to congress creating yosemite national park.
  • Spanish-American war

    Started because cubans wanted freedom from spain.
  • boxer rebellion

    The 'boxers' killed foreign missionaries and beseiged the foreign diplomats district in beijing.
  • Theodore roosevelt

    Became president
  • florence kelley

    helped form the National Child Labor Committee
  • Nattional Reclamation Act

    Gave the federal governent the power to decide where and how water would be distributed.
  • Meat inspection act

    Allowed any federal agents to inspect any meat sold across state lines and required federal inspectin of meat-processing plants.
  • Pure Food act

    placed the same controls as the meat inspection act, and banned the interstate shipment of impure food and mislabling of food.
  • Drug act

    placed the same controls as the Pure food act and the meat inspection act, and banned mislabling of drugs.
  • Great White fleet

    Roosevelt sent an armada of 16 white battleships on a "good will cruise" around the world
  • NAACP

    Aimed to help African Americans be physically free frm peonage, mentally freeignorance, politically free from disfranchisement, socially free from insult
  • william taft

    he approved the Payne-Aldrich Act which didn't lower tariffs like roosevelt wanted.
  • dollar diplomacy

    was taft's diplomacy plan
  • Federal Reserve act

    Placed national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board.
  • Woodrow wilson

    Wilson pushed congress to pass the Federal Reserve Act.
  • Lusitania

    the british passener liner was sank by germany
  • 18th amendment

    The temperance movement gained a victory when conress passed the 18th amendment
  • united states declares war

    Germany told Mexico that is the u.s.delclared war on germany then mexico should declare war on the U.S.
  • League of nations

    A world organization where countries could gather and peacefully resolve their quarrels
  • 19th amendment

    the tennessee state house of representative passed the amendment by one vote.