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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional head of the U

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1. National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination, to oppose racism and to gain civil rights for African Americans, got Supreme Court to declare grandfather clause unconstitutional
2. head of the U.S. Forest Servic under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them
3. 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms and by supporting the Payne-Aldrich Tariff; he lost Roosevelt's support and was defeated for a second term.
4. Tax regulations enacted in 1909 that failed to significantly reduce tariffs on manufactured goods and raised the rate in many circumstances; Passed by Taft, angered Progressives
5. The Progressive Party, it was Roosevelt's party in the 1912 election. He ran as a Progressive against Republican Taft, beating him but losing to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
6. 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership, created Federal Reserve, Federal Trade Commission, Clayton Antitrust Act, progressive income tax, lower tariffs, women's suffrage (reluctantly), Treaty of Versailles, sought 14 points post-war plan, League of Nations (but failed to win U.S. ratification), won Nobel Peace Prize
7. president of NAWSA, who led the campaign for woman suffrage during Wilson's administration
8. Corrected the problems of the Sherman Antitrust Act; outlawed certain practices that restricted competition; unions on strike could no longer be considered violating the antitrust acts
9. A government agency established in 1914 to prevent unfair business practices and help maintain a competitive economy.
10. The country's central banking system, which is responsible for the nation's monetary policy by regulating the supply of money and interest rates