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Booker T. Washington
Principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft -
Jane Addams-Hull House
First woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931 -
Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
White supremacist terrorist hate group -
W.E.B. Dubois
American sociologist, important black protest leader -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the U.S -
Tuskegee Institute
Provided students with both academic and vocational training -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Was a federal law, prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Interstate commerce act
established to regulate the railroads -
Sherman antitrust act
A federal statute which prohibits activity that restrict commerce and competition in the marketplace -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Constitutionality of racial segregation under the ''separate but equal'' doctrine -
McKinley Assassinated
Was the 25th president of the United States who was assassinated -
Ida Tarbell-''The History of Standard Oil''
She exposed the monopolys that were running the companies -
Niagara Movement
organization of black intellectuals -
The Jungle Published
Expose the appalling working conditions in the meat-packing industry -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
established the first national historic preservation policy for the United States -
Food and Drug Act
prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
derived products as food an ensure sanitary slaughtering processing of livestock -
Muller v. Oregon
limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men -
Taft Wins
He was the first Republican to lose the Northern States -
NAACP formed
Concerned with the challenges facing African Americans -
Urban League
Eliminating racial segregation and discrimination and helping African Americans -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
killing 146 workers -
16th Amendment
have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes -
Teddy Roosevelt’s-Square Deal
Three major deals: Natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection -
Department of Labor Established
the defeated and departing incumbent, just hours before Woodrow Wilson took office -
17th Amendment
Two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, of six years -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
to reduce the average tariff on imported goods. -
Federal Reserve Act
A central bank to oversee monetary policy -
Trench Warfare
Defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Prevented unfair methods of competition -
Federal trade Commission
enforces federal consumer protection laws -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Protects consumers by stopping unfair, deceptive or deceptive -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The first blockbuster Hollywood hit -
Lusitania sunk
The death of so many innocent -
Zimmerman Telegram
a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January -
Wilson Asks for War
Sent U.S troops into battle against Germany in World War 1 -
Espionage Act
Prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Proposal made outlining his vision for ending World War 1 -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Allowed Congress to enforce child labor laws -
Sedition Act
Free speech rights of U.S citizens during time of war -
Armistice Day
Veterans day -
18th amendment
legalized the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcohol -
Versailles Peace Conference
five peace treaties with the defeated states -
Coal Miners Strike
For higher wages, shorter workdays -
Wilson Stroke
suffered a severe stroke -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
Ending World War 1 and establishing the League of Nations -
League of Nations
An International organization -
Muckrackers
Provided detailed, accurate journalistic accounts of the political and economic corruption