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Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers -
Interstate Commerce Act
designed to regulate the railroad industry particularly its monopolistic practices -
Sherman Antitrust Act
antitrust law which prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce -
Muckrackers
reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Plessy vs. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court in which the court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the US Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality -
McKinley Assassinated
25th president of the united states was assassinated -
Coal Miner Strike- 1902
mine operators refused to meet with representatives of the United Mine Workers of America -
Ida Tarbell- "the history of standard oil"
1904 book written by Ida Tarbell -
The Jungle Published
a novel that talks about the harsh conditions of immigrants lives in Chicago -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
an act that was passed by the United States Congress and signed into law by Theodore Roosevelt -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food -
Food and Drug Act
It prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs -
Taft Wins
Taft carried 23% of the national vote and won two states, Vermont and Utah. He was the first Republican to lose the Northern states. -
Muller v. Oregon
Women were provided by state mandate lesser work-hours than allotted to men. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history -
Teddy Roosevelt's - Square Deal
conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Department of Labor Established
a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services, and occasionally, economic statistics. -
19th Admendment
women got the right to vote