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Allowed president to set aside forest reserves from land in public domain
What is Forest Reserve Act
Declared Constitution didn't extend to Philippines and Puerto Rico.
What is Insular Cases
Allows the federal government to collect income tax
What is 16 Amendment
The four most important leaders: Vittorio Orlando (Italy), Woodrow Wilson (US), David Lloyd George (Britain), and Clemenceau (France).
What is Big Four
Ended WWI and creating the League of Nations
What is Versailles Treaty
Allowed ICC to regulate shipping prices of railroads [pro farmer]
What is Hepburn Act
Established Roosevelt as a "Trust Buster," dismantled monopolies controlling railroads from Chicago to the Pacific NW
Establishes the direct election of United States Senators by popular vote
What is 17 Amendement
Secretary of State under McKinley and Roosevelt who pioneered the open-door policy in China and Panama canal
What is John Hay
Ended the Spanish-American War
What is Treaty of Paris (1898)
Required federal inspection of meat shipped across state lines
What is Meat Inspection Act
Overturned New York law setting 8 hr maximum working hours for bakery workers- 1905
What is Lochner v. NY
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages
What is 18 Amendement
Exposed the horrid conditions of meatpacking industry in his novel The Jungle
What is Upton Sinclair
U.S. guarantee of independence for newly created Republic of Panama
What is Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs
What is Pure Food and Drug Act
Free speech can be limited under some circumstances clear and present danger test
What is Schneck v. US
Gave women the right to vote
What is 19 Amendment
US president who established national parks and conservation. Known as "Trustbuster."
What is Theodore Roosevelt
Ended the Russo-Japenese War
What is Treaty of Portsmith
Banned any kind of printed materials or spying, made treasonable offenses illegal
What is Espionage Act
Upheld the Espionage Act, released pamphlets speaking out against US involvement in Russia
What is Abrams v. US
Provisions in the Cuban constitution that gave the united states broad rights in that country
What is Platt Amendement
Danish-American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and social documentary photographer. Published The Other Half of Our Lives.
What is Jacob Riis
Stipulated that neither America or Britain would seek control over any future isthmian waterway
What is Clayton-Bulwer Treaty