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President William McKinley
Vice Presidents: Theodore Roosevelt, and Garrett Hobart -
Dingley Tariff
Protected manufacturers and factory workers from foreign competition -
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Spanish American War
A conflict between Spain and the US. -
Gold Standard Act
Established gold as the only standard for redeeming paper money. -
McKinley's Re Election
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McKinley's Assassination
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Theodore Roosevelt
Vice Presidents: Charles W. Fairbanks -
Roosevelt Dealt With Union Workers
Set up a fact finding commission that stopped the strike and resulted in the workers getting more pay for fewer hours -
Meat Inspection Act
Prevented adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products form being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
Gentleman's Agreement
Banned all school segregation of Japanese,but controlled Japanese immigration in California -
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President William H. Taft
Vice Presidents: James Sherman -
Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act
Lowered certain tariffs on goods entering the US -
Proposed amendment to allow the federal government to tax incomes
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United States Chamber of Commerce was made
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16th Amendment was Ratified
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President Woodrow Wilson
Vice Presidents: Thomas Marshall -
Federal Reserve Act
Established a more effective supervision of banking in the U.S -
World War I began
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His first wife,Ellen, died
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Trade Commission Act
To curb unfair trade practices -
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President Warren G. Harding
Vice Presidents: Calvin Coolidge -
Budget and Accounting Act
Established the framework for the moden federal budget -
Ending of the 1920-21 depression
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Packers and Stockyards Act
Regulated interstate and foreign commerce in live stock, li-stock produce, dairy products, poultry, poultry products, and eggs for other purposes. -
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Washington Naval Treaty
Prevented an arms race by limiting naval construction -
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President Calvin Coolidge
Vice Presidents: Charles Dawes -
Immigration Act
Limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country. -
Revenue Act
Cut tax rates and established the U.S Board of Tax Appeals -
Great Mississippi Flood
Most destructive flood in U.S History -
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President Herbert C. Hoover
Vice Presdents: Charles Curtis -
Great Depression started
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Smoot-Hawley Tariff
Raised US Tariffs on over 20,000 imported goods to record levels -
Hoover Dam construction began
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Hoover-Stimson Doctrine
US would not recognize territories gained by force -
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Vice Presidents: John Garner, Henry Wallace, and Harry S. Truman -
Emergency Banking Act
Allows only Federal Reserve-approved banks to operate in the US -
Executive Order 6102
Declared that all privately held gold of American citizens was o be sold to the U.S treasury and the price was raised from $20 to $35 per ounce -
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London Economic Conference
Proposed to win agreemet on measures to fight global depression -
Glass-Steagall Act
Established the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation(FDIC) -
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World War II
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Manhattan Project
Created Atomic Bombs -
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President Harry S. Truman
Vice Presidents: Alben Barkley -
The end of WWII
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National Security Act
Realigned and reorganized the U.S Armed Forces, foreign policy, and Intelligence Community apparatus in the aftermath of WWII -
Housing Act
Expansion of the federal role in mortgage insurance and issuance and the construction of public housing -
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President Dwight D.Eisenhower
Vice Presidents: Richard M. Nixon -
The Start of the Vietnam war
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Federal Aid Highway Act
Created the Interstate Highway System -
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Hungarian Revolution
A revolt against the Hungarian Government -
Eisenhower Doctrine
A country could request American economic assistance and/or aid from US military forces if threatened by another state -
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President John F. Kennedy
Vice Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson -
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Cuban Missile Crisis
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Equal Pay Act
Amended the Fair Labor Standards Act -
Kennedy's Assassination
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President Lyndon B. Johnson
Vice Presidents: Herbert Humphrey -
Civil Rights Act
Outlawed most forms of racial segregation -
Voting Rights Act
Outlawed discrimination in voting -
Apolllo 1 crew killed in fire
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Thurgood Marshall becomes the first African American Associate Justice
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President Richard M. Nixon
Vice Presidents: Spiro Agnew, and Gerald R. Ford -
Nixon Doctrine
Stated that the US would assist in the defense and developments of allies and friends -
Nixon visited South Vietnam
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Anti Ballistic Missile Treaty
Limited the amount of Anti Ballistic Missile systems -
The Resignation of Nixon
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President Gerald R. Ford
Vice Presidents: Nelson Rockefeller -
Tax Reduction Act
Provided a 10% rebate on 1974 tax liability and created a temporary $30 general tax credit for each taxpayer and dependent -
Education for All Handicapped Children Act
Established special education throughout the US -
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Swine Flu Epidemic
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President Jimmy Carter
Vice Presidents: Walter Mondale -
U.S Energy Crisis
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Airline Deregulation Act
Removed government control over fares, routes, and market entry from commercial aviation -
Public Law 96-185
Bailed out the Chrysler Corporation -
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President Ronald Reagan
Vice Presidents: George H.W. Bush -
Economic Recovery Tax Act
Lowered the top marginal tax bracket from 70% to 50% and the lowest bracket from 14% to 11% -
Partnership Act
Initiated one of the nation's first public/privte partnerships -
Stock Market Crash
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President George H.W. Bush
Vice Presidents: Dan Quayle -
Americans With Disabilities Act
Prohibited the discrimination of disabilities -
Beginning of the Gulf War
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Immigration Act
Increased legal immigration to the US by 40% -
Beginning of the Somali Civil War
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President Bill Clinton
Vice Presidents: Al Gore -
Family and Medical Leave Act
Granted family and temporary mediacl leave under certain circumstances -
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act
It created 36% and 39.6% income tax rates for individuals in the top 1.2% of the wage earners -
Made a major speech about a health care reform plan
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President George W. Bush
Vice Presidents: Dick Cheney -
9/11
Terrorists took down the Twin Towers -
No Child Left Behind Act
Closed the achievement gap with the accountability, flexibility, and choice, so that no child is left behind -
Medicare Act
An act used to strengthen and improve the medicare program -
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President Barrack H. Obama
Vice Presidents: Joe Biden -
Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
Relaxed the statute of limitations for equal pay lawsuits -
Dont Ask, Dont Tell Repeal Act
Ended the Dont Ask Dont Tell Act -
State of the Union Address
Obama shared his vision for America
