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Chinese Exclusion Act
A law that was passed to limit Chinese immigration to the United States -
Interstate Commerce Act
A U.S federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Founded by Jane Adams and Ellen Gates Starr, located in Chicago. Opened to recently arrived European immigrants, had grown to 13 buildings -
Muckrakers
Journalists in the United States who exposed established institution and leaders as corrupt -
Sherman Antitrust Act
A U.S antitrust law that regulates competition among enterprises -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A legal U.S case that dealt with the "separate but equal" doctrine for assessing racial segregation laws -
Mckinley Assassinated
William McKinley was the 25th president, when he was assassinated by Leon Frank Czolgosz -
Coal Miner Strike
A strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. They struck for higher wages shorter days and recognition. -
Ida Tarbell-"The History of Standard Oil"
A book by journalist Ida Tarbell, exposing the standard oil company ran by Oil Tycoon -
The Jungle Published
Novel by American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair, he wrote the novel to explain the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the U.S -
Teddy Roosevelt's-Square Deal
President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products from being sold as food and ensures meat safety -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
An act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Roosevelt. -
Food and Drug Act
Laws preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs and other medicines or liqours -
Taft Wins
Roosevelt won 88 electoral votes, while Taft carried only Vermont and Utah -
Muller V. Oregon
Decision by the U.S supreme Court, women were provided by state mandate lesser work hours than men. Also questions of women's liberty -
16th Amendment
Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes from whatever source derived without apportionment among several states -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A fire in New York city burned and killing 145 workers in a shirt making factory. It led to series of laws and regulations -
Underwood- Simmons Tariff
Re-established a federal income tax in the U.S and substantially lowered tariff rates. -
Department of Labor Established
Department of U.S government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, and reemployment services -
17th Amendment
The senate of the U.S shall be composed of two senators from each States, elected by the people -
Federal Reserve Act
Passed and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson, the law created the central banking system of the U.S -
Federal trade Commission
To enforce provisions, which prohibits "unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce" -
Wilson Elected
Democratic President Woodrow Wilson defeated Republican candidate Charles Evans Hughes in the election
