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The Pendleton Civil Service Act made it illegal to hire people like friends and relatives for government jobs that they aren’t qualified for. -
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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act prohibits monopolies (trusts) and encourages a competitive market. -
The workers of the Pullman company went on strike after a wage cut, and even though they lost, the idea that there were problems with labor in the U.S. was strengthened. -
Wilbur and Orville Wright invented and flew the first successful airplane. -
Republican President Theodore Roosevelt was elected into office after defeating the democratic candidate, Alton B. Parker. -
The Pure Food and Drug and Meat Inspection laws required that all foods must be strictly inspected for safety and cleanliness. -
President William Howard Taft won the 1908 United States presidential election. -
Civil rights activist W.E.B. DuBois founded the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to seek equality for minority groups in the United States. -
Democratic Woodrow Wilson was elected as 28th president of the United States. -
The 16th amendment gave congress the power to collect income taxes. -
The Woman Suffrage Parade of 1913 was the first large organized March on the capital; it was organized by suffragists to advocate for and demand the right to vote for women. -
The 17th amendment gave the people the right to vote for senators directly instead of them being chosen by legislature. -
The Workers for the Colorado Fuel and Iron company were fed up with the dangerous conditions, long hours, and low wages, so they went on strike. Many workers as well as women and children were killed their tents were set on fire. -
The 18th amendment made it illegal to produce, transport, or sell alcohol, though it was repealed in 1933. -
The 19th amendment made it so that the right to vote could not be denied based on sex, which gave women the right to vote. -
The first commercial broadcast was made by station KDKA.
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