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Jim Crow Laws
Laws that seperated blacks from whites in public towns. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Purpose of the act was to restrict the immigrants that were coming into America because americans were not making enough money due to immigrants working for low amounts. -
Interstate Commerce Act
It was created to restrict the abuse of railroads from the Big Giant companies so that the farmers wouldn't have to lose so much money to them. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Houses that were open to help less fortunate people in Chicago -
Sherman Antitrust Act
An act passed the prohibited the monopoly's in american and let more smaller business rise in america. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
When a black man refused to sit in the "Black Only" car. He said it violated his rights as a person and then they went to the supreme court and as a result the restricted Jim Crow laws. -
McKinley Assassinated
The killer said it was his duty to kill the president. He didn't die at first he had survived the shot but later in the days to come he would die from poisoning. -
Coal Miner Strike
This strike happened because the workers wanted more money, shorter days, and they also wanted to group to represent their needs as workers. -
W.E.B. Dubois
African american writer who wrote about activism and was in the civil rights movement. -
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Was Teddy's campaign slogan and held his 3 C's in it. -
Ida Tarbell - Standard Oil Company
Exposed the Oil company on how they would do competition and run them out of business. -
The Jungle Published
Exposed the working conditions of the meat-packing industries and what happened in those conditions. -
Niagara Movement
Wanted to create social and political change for African Americans -
Federal Meat and Inspection Act
The meat are to be processed under strict laws and that you can't misbrand the meat you are selling. -
Muckraker
Journalist who exposed corruption in institutions and leaders. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Was the first legal protection of Natural and Cultural resources in the U.S. -
Food and Drug Act
It made the companies put labeling on the packages and opened the public more into what happens in the food world. -
Muller v. Oregon
Muller worked women too long and was fined $10. He the appealed the conviction and eventually won. -
Taft Wins
Taft would defeat president Roosevelt in the 1908 election. -
NAACP formed
Formed to help blacks in society with the ongoing violence in the world. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Fire that killed 145 people and showed why workplace safety was important. -
Wilson Elected
Wilson won the presidential election -
Department of Labor Established
Was established to keep an eye on pay, hours, unemployment, and etc. Was est to help the people get the most money they can. -
17th Amendment
Each state gets 2 senators and they serve 6 yrs and get one vote -
16th Amendment
Allowed congress to tax but not upon any state or census -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Sought to lower tariffs but still provide revenue for the government. -
Federal Reserve Act
Created the national federal reserve system we use today -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Act passed that prevents fix business and monopolies and holds various labor rights. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Outlaws unfair trade acts and commissions. -
Trench Warfare
Using ground warfare tactics to keep the army safe and secure -
Federal trade Commission
Principal mission is to enforce the U.S. antitrust law. -
Booker T. Washington
African american man who rose from slavery and then made the Tuskegee College -
Birth of a Nation
How the KKK would come to the rescue of the South and save them from African Americans. -
Lusitania sunk
Brought U.S. into WW1 -
Tuskegee Institute
Institution founded for African Americans that helped in WW2. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Telegraph telling Mexico if they joined Germany they would have gave U.S. territory to them -
Wilson Asks for War
Wilson delivers messages saying that he would join the Allies in WW1 -
Espionage Act
Can't talk about the war and how it can affect the U.S. in war -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
State Principals to end WW1 -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Court ruling the struck down the law regarding child labor -
Sedition Act
Act that can jail or send off anyone who is lying on the U.S. or is going to kill someone in the gov'y -
Armistice Day
Would bring ww1 to a close -
Versailles Peace Conference
Terms to est peace after WW1 -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
Rejected the Treaty of Versailles because President Wilson failed to take senators' obligations to agreement -
18th amendment
Prohibited the sale of Liquor -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson would have a stroke sidelining him most of his second term in office. -
Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
A white supremacist group that wanted to rule the nation and stop African americans and other races besides them to stop growing. -
League of Nations
Created to maintain world peace and re frame from world wars -
19th amendment
Women got the right to vote
