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Jim Crow Laws
Enforced legalized racial segregation from 1877 to 1950. -
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee Institute was founded by Booker T. Washington under a charter from the Alabama legislature for the purpose of training teachers. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Suspends Chinese immigration for ten years and declared Chinese immigrants ineligible for naturalization. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
The goal was to educated women to share all kinds of knowledge. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Is a federal statute which prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. -
Booker T. Washington
Is the founder of the Industrial Institute. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Was a U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. -
Muckrackers
A group of writers, journalists, and critics who exposed corporate malfeasance and political corruption . -
McKinley Assassinated
President McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York and died 8 days later. -
Coal Miner Strike
Miners did a strike for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
It's a program made by Teddy Roosevelt for control of corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources. -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
It's a book by Ida Tarbell who exposes the Standard Oil Company, run at the time by John D. Rockefeller. -
The Jungle Published
A novel by Upton Sinclair that portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the U.S. -
W.E.B. Dubois
Founder of the NAACP. -
Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement was led by W.E.B. DuBois and called for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans -
Food and Drug Act
Prohibits the sale of adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Prohibits the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Is the first law to establish that archeological sites on public lands are important public resources. -
Taft Wins
When Theodore Roosevelt promise not to run for presidency again, he decided to vigorously promoted William Howard Taft as his successor. -
Muller v. Oregon
U.S. Supreme Court case decided that additional protective legislation's that will detrimental the equality in a workplace. -
NAACP formed
The reason the NAACP was formed was because concerned with the challenges facing African Americans -
Urban League
To enable people of color in communities to achieve their highest human potential and secure economic self-reliance,civil rights, and etc. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
It was a critical event in the history of the U.S. labor movement, the New Deal, the development of occupational safety and health standards. -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated Taft and third-party nominee Theodore Roosevelt in the election of 1912. -
Department of Labor Established
The Department of Labor was signed on March 4, 1913, by President William Taft just hours before Woodrow Wilson took office. -
Federal Reserve Act
A legislation in the U.S. that created the Federal Reserve System. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
This lowered average tariff rates from 40 percent to 26 percent. -
16th Amendment
That Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes -
17th Amendment
Elected by the people. -
Federal trade Commission
A federal agency that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Defines unethical business practices, such as price-fixing and monopolies, and upholds various rights of labor. -
Trench Warfare
A type of combat in which counterattacks and defends from relatively permanent that is dug into the ground. -
The Birth of a Nation
Was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit. -
Rise of KKK
To direct its hatred against African Americans, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants. -
Lusitania sunk
A British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic -
18th amendment
The prohibition of alcohol -
Zimmerman Telegram
A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office -
Wilson Asks for War
On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. -
Espionage Act
Prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions that may be used for the injury of the U.S. -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
US Supreme Court decision that allowed Congress to enforce child labor laws. -
Sedition Act
Curtailed the free speech rights of U.S. citizens during time of war. -
Armistice Day
WW1 ends -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
A proposal made by President Woodrow Wilson in a speech on his vision for ending WW1 in a way that would prevent another war. -
Versailles Peace Conference
The conference was called to establish the terms of the peace after World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
The president of the United States, for the first time since 1789, personally delivered a treaty to the Senate. -
Wilson Stroke
President Woodrow Wilson suffered a severe stroke that left him incapacitated. -
19th amendment
Women get the right to vote -
League of Nations
An international organization created after WW1 to provide a forum for resolving international disputes.