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Booker T. Washington
leading african american intellectual of the 19th century and founded Tuskegee and Industrial Institute -
W.E.B. Dubois
led the organization of black intellectuals -
Tuskegee Institute
black land grant university in alabama -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The first actual law restricting immigration -
interstate commerce act
allowed congress to regulate commerce with foreign nations and several states -
Jane Addams-Hull House
settlement house co-founded by Jane Addams -
sherman antitrust act
federal statute that bands activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the market place -
Muckrakers
Pre-World War 1 American Writers identified with reform and expose writing -
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
killing of the 25th president -
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"
book about the history of standard oil company -
Niagara Movement
organization of black intellectuals -
the "Jungle" published
novel about the American novelist, Upton Sinclair. Portrays rough conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the US. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
First US law to provide protection for general cultural and or natural resources -
federal meat inspection act
prohibited the sale of misbranded livestock and derived products as food -
Food and Drug Act
consumer protection law enacted by congress which led to food and drug administration -
Muller v. Oregon
Supreme Court case about women working less than men -
Taft Wins
First republican to lose the Northern states -
NAACP formed
civil rights organization for the advancement of colored people -
Urban League
non partisan historic civil rights organization -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
one of the deadliest industrial fires in US history -
16th Amendmant
allowed the federal government to collect income tax from all americans -
Department of Labor Established
created standards for occupational safety, wages, hours and work benefits -
Wilson Elected
first southerner to to be elected since 1848 -
17th Amendment
provided for the election of senators by the people. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
It re-established a federal income tax and lowered tariff rates -
Federal Reserve Act
It created the federal reserve system and central banking system of the US. -
Federal Trade Commission
It protected and protects consumers by stopping unfair and fraudulent practices in the marketplace -
Federal Trade Commission Act
investigated and prevented unfair methods of competition and practices affecting commerce -
Clayton Antitrust Act
stopped and prohibited anticompetitive discriminatory pricing -
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
gave the right to US citizens to vote -
19th amendment
this amendment allowed women the right to vote -
18th amendment
established prohibition of alcohol in the US -
Jim Crow Laws
collection of state and local laws that made racial segregation legal