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Tuskegee Institute
this university was founded by Booker t Washington -
Booker T. Washington
he founded what is now known as Tuskegee university -
Chinese exclusion act
president Chester A. Arther signed a federal law prohibiting the immigration of Chinese laborers -
Interstate Commerce Act
it was a federal law to help stop the railroad from being monopolistic -
Jane Addams-Hull House
it was created to provide community services -
Sherman Antitrust Act
it was the first federal law that outlawed monopolistic acts -
Muckrackers
they were responsible for exposing the corruption of the monopolies -
Plessy V. Ferguson
it was when they got rid of the laws concerning separate bathrooms for African Americans and white people -
Jim Crow Laws
this was where states and local law enforcement enforced the segregation of the southern states -
McKinley Assassinated
president McKinley was the was the 25th president until his assassination -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
the coal workers of Pennsylvania went on strike for higher wadges less work hours and the recognition of there union -
W.E.B. Dubois
he wrote books about African Americans -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
this was a book that exposed john d Rockefeller for his corrupt business practices -
The Jungle Published
this book showed people what it was like to be an immigrant in the city of Chicago -
Niagara Movement
this was a civil rights movement -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
this law made the meat manufacturers make sure that the meat is properly handled and is actually safe to sell to the public -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
it was the first general law that protected cultural and natural resources -
Food and Drug Act
this was one of the first laws to help the creation of the food and drug administration -
Muller v. Oregon
by supreme court women were allowed the same work hours as men -
Taft Wins
this is the year that William Howard Taft won the election -
NAACP formed
the national association for the advanced colored people a civil rights organization -
16th Amendment
congress has the power to collect income tax -
Urban League
it is a historic civil rights organization based in new York -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
this was one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the city of new york ever -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
this was his 3 goals, conservation of natural resources, control of cooperation, and consumer protection -
Department of Labor Established
this was established to help protect the rights of the workers of america -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
this reestablished federal income tax -
Federal Reserve Act
this created the national banking system of america -
Trench Warfare
it is a warfare that is fought where the is a trench on either side and a no mans land in the middle -
Clayton Antitrust Act
this at was t help prevent the competitiveness of businesses -
Federal Trade Commission Act
this act outlawed unfair methods of competition between businesses -
Federal trade Commission
the main goal of this commission is to enforce the civil u.s. anti trust law -
Lusitania sunk
the ship was sunk by a German submarine during the first world war -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
it is a film originally known at the clansman -
Wilson Asks for War
Wilson got Germany to stop sinking our ships and in return got the British to stop there navel blockade -
Wilson Elected
this is the year the Woodrow Wilson won the presidential election -
Zimmerman Telegram
the British were able to decipher a German telegram -
Espionage Act
it was passed to make sure that no one in the us was selling information to the Germans during the first world war -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
this was a speech to try to end the war -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
this was a supreme court decision that struck down a child labor law -
Sedition Act
this act expanded the espionage act of 1917 -
Armistice Day
this was the day that the war officially ended -
18th amendment
this was the prohibition of alcohol -
Versailles Peace Conference
a meeting of all the the ww1 allies to make rules for Germany -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
the senate rejected the treaty after a 55 day debate -
Wilson Stroke
the president suffered a stroke -
League of Nations
it was the first worldwide intro governmental organization created after the first world war -
19th amendment
this amendment prohibited states from preventing any one gender from voting -
Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
the kkk started to become more popular in the 20s -
17th Amendment
the senate must be composed of 2 senators per state
