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It made cronyism and nepotism illegal; it established a merit system for government jobs. -
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act fought against big business monopolies by outlawing all monopolies and allowing free/unrestricted trade among companies. -
This groundbreaking book about lynching explained the incredibly high rates of lynching in the South, and documents some of the horrific lynchings that happened during the time. -
10,000 workers at the Homestead Steel Mill of the Carnegie Corporation went on strike after the corporation cut labor costs to increase company profits, causing workers to go on strike. -
George Pullman wanted more profits, so he fired 1200 workers and cut their wages by 25 percent (they were already being paid so little). Workers went on strike and it gained national attention and they were portrayed as anti-American immigrants and a threat to the public. -
Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech was given on this date. The speech was about how African Americans should gain social equality by showing white people their capability economically (through jobs and education). -
The radio was invented in 1901 by Guglielmo Marconi after he used techniques to transmit signal through electromagnetic waves. -
President Roosevelt’s inauguration day marked the first day of his presidency. In his presidency, he was a leader of the Progressive movement, as he promised citizen fairness, pure food and drugs, regulations of railroads, and even supported labor unions. -
The Wright brothers tested the first ever aircraft in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. -
Pure Food and Drug Act - All food and drugs must pass a test to assure safety and cleanliness of the product. Meat Inspection Act - required all animals to be checked for disease before slaughtering, and all meat to be re-checked and stored properly. -
Created by Ford, the Model T was the first commercial car that people could actually go out to buy. -
W.E.B DuBois founded the NAACP on this date, which helped black people establish social, political, and economical equality. -
Taft's first day of office marked a successful, but often overlooked presidency, starting with his support to the 16th and 17th amendments and “trust-busting” efforts (antitrust suits against large industrial companies), and also establishing a parcel post service that helped accelerate economic growth through marketing and trade. -
In the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, workers went to collect their pay. Someone dropped a match or cigarette, and the building caught on fire (many people died). -
This granted the government the power to establish income tax. -
Washington, D.C. Suffrage Parade was the first women’s suffrage parade in D.C, led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns before President Wilson’s inauguration. -
Wilson’s presidency started on this date, and it was incredibly successful. After leading the country into World War 2, negotiating the Treaty of Versailles, and being a major advocate of the League of Nations, he helped reform a high tariff in place to lower the cost of living for the middle and working classes. He also helped the 19th amendment pass in Congress, giving women the right to vote. -
This allows the citizens of each state to directly vote for their senators. -
At one of the biggest coal mining industries in Colorado, many laborers were placed in very dangerous work conditions, and for very little pay and long, grueling work hours. They protested and many were killed. -
During President Wilson’s presidency, the silent sentinels silently protested in front of the White House to call on Wilson to support women’s suffrage and pass the 19th amendment. -
On this day, many suffragists were horribly beat, chained, and tortured by guards at the Occoquan Workhouse. -
It outlawed the buying and consumption of alcohol, however it led to more economic, political, and social drawbacks than expected, so it was repealed on December 5, 1933 by the 21st amendment. -
It outlawed the discrimination of voting based on gender, giving women the right to vote. -
The first commercial radio station broadcast was on the station KDKA, and they chose the date because it was on Election Day, so people could hear the election results through the radio.
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