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This is a term used to describe a journalist who exposed abuses and big corruption to the readers of mass circulation and newspaper
This British liner was sunk by a German U-boat.
This long-term cause of the war involved the development of the armed forces and their use as a tool of diplomacy
a type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other.
a group of ships sailing together for protection, was designed to help protect cargo in passenger ships during the First and Second World War.
This required men to register with the government in order to be randomly selected for military service
Laws that helped keep whites and blacks separate
A former slave. Encouraged blacks to keep to themselves and focus on the daily tasks of survival, rather than leading a grand uprising
He believed the educated African Americans must use their education and training to challenge inequality
An immigration station for European immigrants located in New York
Prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers
Education program designed to help immigrants assimilate to American culture.
an organized group that controls a political party in a city and offers services to voters and business in exchange for political and financial support.
Outlawed the formation of trusts that interfered with free trade
encouraged white families to develop the west
Oppose banks, Oppose railroads, Supported political candidate
imposed harsh penalties on anyone interfering with or speaking against U.S. war effort
Northern state moving African-Americans from the South to Northern cities
A statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I.
promote world peace but greatly weakened by the refusal of the United States to join
Germany said that it wouldn't sink anymore ships with their submarines without warning
Roosevelt sent the navy on a world tour to showcase U.S. naval power
American politician and senator from Massachusetts who pushed for black suffrage during the reconstruction era

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