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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.