Progressive Era

  • Booker T. Washington

    Booker T. Washington
    leading african american intellectual of the 19th century and founded Tuskegee and Industrial Institute
  • W.E.B. Dubois

    W.E.B. Dubois
    led the organization of black intellectuals
  • Tuskegee Institute

    Tuskegee Institute
    black land grant university in alabama
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    The first actual law restricting immigration
  • interstate commerce act

    interstate commerce act
    allowed congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and several states
  • Jane Addams-Hull House

    Jane Addams-Hull House
    settlement house co-founded by Jane Addams
  • sherman antitrust act

    sherman antitrust act
    federal statute that bands activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the market place
  • Muckrakers

    Muckrakers
    Pre-World War 1 American Writers identified with reform and expose writing
  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    landmark decision that segregation laws don't violate the the US constitution if facilities for each race were equal in quality
  • McKinley Assassinated

    McKinley Assassinated
    killing of the 25th president
  • Coal Miner Strike-1902

    Coal Miner Strike-1902
    argument and fight between the miners and the mine owners for more pay and less hours. McKinley was assassinated
  • Ida Tarbell- "The History of Standard Oil"

    Ida Tarbell- "The History of Standard Oil"
    book about the history of standard oil company
  • Niagara Movement

    Niagara Movement
    organization of black intellectuals
  • the "Jungle" published

    the "Jungle" published
    novel about the American novelist, Upton Sinclair. Portrays rough conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the US.
  • Roosevelt-Antiquities Act

    Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
    First US law to provide protection for general cultural and or natural resources
  • federal meat inspection act

    federal meat inspection act
    prohibited the sale of misbranded livestock and derived products as food
  • Food and Drug Act

    Food and Drug Act
    consumer protection law enacted by congress which led to food and drug administration
  • Muller v. Oregon

    Muller v. Oregon
    Supreme Court case about women working less than men
  • Taft Wins

    Taft Wins
    First republican to lose the Northern states
  • NAACP formed

    NAACP formed
    civil rights organization for the advancement of colored people
  • Urban League

    Urban League
    non partisan historic civil rights organization
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
    one of the deadliest industrial fires in US history
  • 16th Amendmant

    16th Amendmant
    allowed the federal government to collect income tax from all americans
  • Department of Labor Established

    Department of Labor Established
    created standards for occupational safety, wages, hours and work benefits
  • Wilson Elected

    Wilson Elected
    first southerner to to be elected since 1848
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment
    provided for the election of senators by the people.
  • Underwood-Simmons Tariff

    Underwood-Simmons Tariff
    It re-established a federal income tax and lowered tariff rates
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act
    It created the federal reserve system and central banking system of the US.
  • Federal Trade Commission

    Federal Trade Commission
    It protected and protects consumers by stopping unfair and fraudulent practices in the marketplace
  • Federal Trade Commission Act

    Federal Trade Commission Act
    investigated and prevented unfair methods of competition and practices affecting commerce
  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    Clayton Antitrust Act
    stopped and prohibited anticompetitive discriminatory pricing
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    The Birth of a Nation (1915)
    it was a film that represented racism and it was said to be "the foundation of what would become Hollywood
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    gave the right to US citizens to vote
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    this amendment allowed women the right to vote
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment
    established prohibition of alcohol in the US
  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws
    collection of state and local laws that made racial segregation legal