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| President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon four basic ideas of Conservation, Regulating Business Monopolies, Enforcing the Anti-Trust act, and supporting Progressive ideas. Thus, it aimed at helping middle class |
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| flourished particularly among western farmers, based largely on its opposition to the gold standard. |
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started prohibition
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| a marked increase in consumption of various goods and products by individuals from different economic and social backgrounds. |
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the 29th President of the United States, serving from 1921 until his death from a heart attack or stroke, in 1923
the Washington Naval Conference of 1921–22 |
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| President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave to a complex package of economic programs he initiated between 1933 and 1935 with the goal of giving relief to the unemployed, reform of business and financial practices, and promoting recovery of the economy during The Great Depression |
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| legislative initiative to add more justices to the Supreme Court proposed by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt shortly after his victory in the 1936 presidential election |
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an armed military conflict between Spain and the United States that took place between April and August 1898, over the issues of the liberation of Cuba. The war began after American demands for the resolution of the Cuban fight for independence were rejected by Spain.
USS Maine, Yellow Journalism |
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| a substantial amendment to the Monroe Doctrine by U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt in 1904. Roosevelt's extension of the Monroe Doctrine asserted the right of the United States to intervene to stabilize the economic affairs of small states in the Caribbean and Central America |
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| Espionage Act and Sedition Act |
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| an amendment to the Espionage Act of 1917 passed at the urging of President Woodrow Wilson, who was concerned that dissent, in time of war, was a significant threat to morale. The passing of this act forbade Americans to use "disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language" about the United States government, flag, or armed forces during war. |
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| a surprise military strike conducted by the Japanese navy against the United States' naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of Sunday, December 7, 1941, |
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| the United States maintains information on those potentially subject to military conscription. Almost all males between the ages of 18 to 25 are required by law to register |
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a confrontation between the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba in October 1962, during the Cold War.
The Cuban and Soviet governments decided in September 1962 to place nuclear missiles on Cuba in order to protect it from United States harassment. |
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| large suburban developments created in the United States of America by William Levitt and his company Levitt & Sons |
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