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Series Foreword xi Preface xv Timeline xix Introduction xxv Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) 1 Introduction 1 Regulation of Trusts 6 Anthracite Coal Strike 12 Panama Canal 19 Monroe Doctrine and the Roosevelt Corollary 24 Railroad Regulation 30 Simplified Spelling 36 The Brownsville Episode 41 Conservation of Natural Resources 47 Woman Suffrage 53 Recommended Readings 59 2 William Howard Taft (1909-1913) 61 Introduction 61 Continuing the Conservation Agenda 64 Dollar Diplomacy 70 Judicial Recall 75 Trusts and the Sherman Antitrust Act 81 Future of the Republican Party and the 1912 Election 87 Presidential Power 92 Recommended Readings 98 3 Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) 99 Introduction 99 Tariff Reduction 103 Federal Reserve Act 109 Segregation in the Federal Government 115 U.S.-Mexican Relations 121 Immigration Literacy Test 126 Regulation of Child Labor 131 U.S. Neutrality in the Great War 137 U.S. Entry into the Great War 143 Versailles Treaty and the League of Nations 149 Recommended Readings 156 4 Warren G. Harding (1921-1923) 157 Introduction 157 Compensatory Treaty with Colombia 160 Racial Equality 164 Restoration of Tariffs 172 Washington Conference on the Limitation of Armament 178 The Soldiers' Bonus 185 Prohibition 191 Recommended Readings 196 5 Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929) 199 Introduction 199 Tax Relief 202 National Origins Act 207 U.S. Intervention in Nicaragua 213 McNary-Haugen Bill 219 Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact 225 Recommended Readings 231 Bibliography 233 Index 237