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Anarchist Leon Czolgosz assassinates President McKinley while visiting the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
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Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becomes president at the age of forty-two, making him the youngest man to hold office.
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The Square Deal attempted to confront the problems caused by economic consolidation by distinguishing between “good” and “bad” corporations.
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Roosevelt is reelected for his second term in office.
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The Hepburn Act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to examine railroads’ business records and to set reasonable rates, a significant step in the development of federal intervention in the corporate economy.
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This act established a federal agency to police the quality and labeling of food and drugs.
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William Howard Taft, a federal judge from Ohio, takes office.
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This tariff reduced rates on imported goods.
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Taft persuaded Congress to declare Standard Oil Company in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act and ordered it to breakup into separate industries.
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Roosevelt challengedTaft for the Republican nominee. However, when Roosevelt lost, he created an independent campaign with the new Progressive Party, also known as the Bull Moose Party.
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The presidential election between Taft, Roosevelt, Democrat Woodrow Wilson, and Socialist Eugene V. Debs. Wilson won.
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This act prohibited exclusive dealing, and exempted labor unions from antitrust laws.
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Established by Congress to investigate and prohibit unfair business activities like monopolistic practices.
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This act outlawed child labor in the manufacture of goods sold in interstate commerce.
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This act established an eight-hour work day on the railroads.
