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Who: English Inventor
What: a new way of creating steel by decarburization
Where: Born- Charlton, Hertfordshire, England; died-London
When: 1855
Why: to make steel production cheaper for industrial revolution

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Who: United States
What: cornerstone of American foreign policy in East Asia.
Where: China
When: 1800s
Why: It was created for those trading with China to respect Chinese laws

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Who: President William Taft and Philander C. Knox
What: The diplomacy was to protect and extend commercial and financial interests of the United States while also ensuring financial stability.
Where: United States
When: 1912
How: it grew from the intervention in the Dominican Republic from Roosevelt

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Who: United States and Spain
What: a conflict that ended with Spanish Colonial rule in the Americas
Where: Cuba
When: 1898
Why: the war began with Cuba wanting to become independent from Spain.

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Who: Americans
What: state policy of extending power
When: 1890-1913
Where: United States
Why: Americans believed the country had to expand; increase in population led to the demand of more resources

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Who: the Senate
What: The senate was to be made up of two senators from each state
Where: United States
When: ratified April 8, 1913
Why: so people had say in elections

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Who: passed by congress
What: prohibits contract, trust, or conspiracy in foreign trade; clayton act further enforces the Sherman act
Where: US
When: 19th century
Why: to eliminate monopolies

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Who: Samuel Gompers was the leader
What: Organize skilled workers into national unions
Where: united states
When: 1886
Why: they wanted higher wages, shorter hours, and better working conditions

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Who: tailors
What: a secret society of tailors
Where: Philadelphia
When: 1869
Why: they were seeking an eight hour day, the abolition of child labor, equal pay for equal work, and political reforms.

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Who: the public
What: A politician has the possibility of being removed from office
Where: United States
When: 1800s
Why: if they are incompetent, a second election could be held to remove them from office.

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Who: populist part and later picked up by the progressive reform movement
What: citizens vote on laws
Where: US
When: 1800s
Why: to give the people a say in political decisions and the government

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Who: part of Populist Party's platform
What: the process of petitioning congress to introduce a bill
Where: US
When: 1891
Why: make people responsible for their laws and to allow them to participate in the making of political decisions

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Who: American journalists, novelists, and critics
What: they attempted to reveal the corruption in politics to the public and expose the abuses of businesses.
Where: United States
When: 20th century
Why: to reveal the truth

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Who: leading intellectuals and social reformers
What: effort to cure what was wrong with American society
Where: United States
When: 19th century
How: the American society went bad during the Industrial Revolution where businesses flourished and big cities occurred but not everyone shared in the wealth.

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Who: American inventors
What: they were able to conduct the first controlled and sustained airplane flight. They also built the first practical plane
Where: Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
When: 1903
Why: They decided to look into building a plane when Lilienthal, a researcher they followed, died in a glider crash.

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Who: inventor
What: in 84 years had over 1,000 patents; created the first lightbulb and early motion picture
Where: he did some of his best known work in New Jersey
When: 1847-1931
Why: Edison was important because he invented the basis to many things we use today.

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Who: scientist
What: Invented the telephone
Where: Born in Boston
When: March, 1876
Why: so people could talk to each other directly in different locations and to spread information faster.

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Who: powerful banker
What: Financed railroads and organized major corporations
Where: Born in Connecticut
When: 1837-1913
Why: people accused him of manipulating the financial system for his own gain

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Who: a Philanthropist
What: Led to the expansion in the steel industry
Where: born in the UK; Died in Massachusetts
When: 1835-1919
How: created a monopoly on steel; he eliminated competitors by lowering his prices

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Who: one of the most wealthiest men
What: founder of the Standard Oil Company; he held a monopoly on oil
Where: business in Ohio
When: 1839-1937
Why: Horizontal Integration; you had to go to him for gasoline and kerosene and hap his price because he was the only person you could get it from.

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Who: government and individuals of society
What: doctrine of noninterference
Where: United States
When: 19th century
Why: it is important because it allows businesses to not be run by the government

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Who: immigrants passed through the station when they first arrived to the country
What: federal immigration station
Where: New York
When: opened in 1892; closed in 1954
Why: so the federal government could track new immigrants

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Who: European immigrants
What: millions of immigrants came over to the United states
Where: United States
When: 1871-1921
Why: passports were unnecessary and it wasn't that expensive