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- The Act which was designed to prevent adulteration and mislabeling of food and drugs.
- Pure Food & Drug Act
- Act aimed at the rebate evil
- Elkins Act
- It provided for more elasticity of the currency by autorizing national banks to issue emergency currency backed by various kinds of collateral.
- Aldrich Breeland Act
- This zealous apostle of conservation headed the Division of Forestry in the Department of Agriculture
- Gifford Pinchot
- In 1908 he was defeated in his third and final try for the presidency
- William J. Bryan
- This noval was aimed at the nation's heart, but hit its stomach
- The Jungle
- An organization established to protect the national environment
- Sierra Club
- Controversial tariff which came under William Taft presidency.
- Payne-Aldrich
- One of the principal leaders of the "insurgent"revoly in the house, he was at the beginning of a long career spent in representing Nebraska in Congress.
- George Norris
- Successor to Reed as Speaker of the House, he led the Old Guard faction and ruled the roots until Repulican "insurgents" combined with minority Democrats to clip his wings
- Joseph Cannon
- The liner sunk by the Germans in May, 1915, off the coast of Ireland with the loss of 1,198 lives.
- Lusitania
- In on eof their worst blunders, the Germans executed this english nurse for her part in helping allied soldiers to escape
- Edith Cavell
- He first came to public attention as the efficient administrator of Belgian relief.
- Herbet Hoover
- Germany, Austria-Hungry, Turkey, Bulgaria
- Central Powers
- France, Britain, Russia, Japan, Italy
- Allied Powers