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Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
Cult created to show White Power by people who hated blacks -
Tuskegee Institute
Made for the training of teachers in Alabama -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese Laborers -
Interstate Commerce Act
Law designed to regulate railroad industry -
Jane Addams-Hull House
House that people went to, to provide community services -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Upheld segregation laws of public facilities as long as they where still equal in quality -
McKinley Assassinated
The assassination of the 25th president McKinley, William. -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
Miners when on strike because they wanted higher pay, short work days -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
Ida Tarbell exposed Standard Oil -
Niagara Movement
Social and Political change for African Americans -
The Jungle Published
Journal showed he harsh conditions and lives of immigrants -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Law establishing,first general legal protection of cultural and natural resources -
Food and Drug Act
Consumer Protection law -
Muller v. Oregon
Landmark decision made by Supreme Court. Women were required to work less hours so men could work more. -
Taft Wins
William Howard Taft defeated three-time Democratic William Jennings Bryan -
NAACP formed
Civil Rights Organization -
16th Amendment
Allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it -
Urban League
Urban conditions of among African Americans -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Deadly industry disaster -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
Domestic program:3 goals, Conservation of natural resource, control of corporations, and consumer protection -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Changed federal income tax and lowered tariff rates -
Department of Labor Established
Government that manages everyone's work -
17th Amendment
Two Senators Each state, elected by the people -
Federal Reserve Act
Introduces a central bank to oversee monetary policy -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Bans any unfair methods of competition -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Defines unethical business practices -
Federal trade Commission
Enforcement of the antitrust law and promotion of consumer protection -
Booker T. Washington
educator and an author -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Epic Drama film -
Lusitania sunk
Germany waged submarine warfare -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice and gov. Charles Evans Hughes -
Zimmerman Telegram
offering United States territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause -
Trench Warfare
Large trenches in the ground, housing soldiers. Used to protect them from explosions -
Wilson Asks for War
Wilson delivered this address to a joint session of Congress and called for a declaration of war against Germany -
Espionage Act
made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Court shut down law regulating child labor -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Principles of peace used in negotiations for ww1 -
Sedition Act
permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United State -
Armistice Day
Veterans Day. The day we thank the people who gave their lives for this country -
18th amendment
Banned the use of alcohol -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
Senate rejected treaty, caused the end of ww1 -
Wilson Stroke
Suffered a stoke -
Muckrackers
Journalist exposed institutions and corrupt leaders -
League of Nations
Made to help maintain world peace -
Versailles Peace Conference
Establish terms or peace -
19th amendment
Prohibited denying people the right to vote, on the basis of their sex -
W.E.B. Dubois
Civil Rights activist -
Jim Crow Laws
state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation
