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The Pendleton Civil Service Act established the Merit System so people had to qualify for government jobs. -
Prohibited the restriction of trade or commerce through the use of contract, combinations or conspiracies. -
The homestead strike was a strike between the Carnegie Steel Company and its workers over labor, and gunfire was exchanged. -
This book was used to inform people of what it was actually like to live under the Lynch Law, and how bad it actually was. -
A widespread railroad strike that severely disrupted the rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States. -
This speech was given to open the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia, and it was the first speech given by an African American to a racially-mixed audience in the South. -
He was very interested in reform, and during his presidency, he fought monopolies, passed the Pure Food and Drug Act, along with the Meat Inspection Act, he started the regulation of railroads, he established conservation policies, and finally he expanded the National Park System. -
Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights with their first powered aircraft, which became the first successful airplane. -
Required that all food and drugs meant for human consumption pass strict testing, to assure safety and cleanliness. -
The first Model T Ford was produced from the company, and invented by Henry Ford. -
Founded by WEB DuBois, brought massive attention to racial inequality and influenced the next generation of civil rights leaders. -
He continued fighting monopolies, he did not create as much dramatic change as Roosevelt, and he appointed a Supreme Court Justice in 1921. -
A factory fire that spread through the top floors of the building, causing many women to either die inside, or jump to their deaths. -
Allowed Congress yo levy an income tax, which today is the largest source of Federal Government revenue. -
He did not want votes for women or African Americans, he established the Federal Trade Commission, and he passed the 16th-19th Amendments. -
A suffrage parade organized by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns, to bring attention to women's exclusion from political involvement. -
Gave citizens the right to vote for their senators directly instead of the state legislature. -
A mass killing of workers at the Rockefeller mines, who were protesting, and ended up getting fired at by a militia. -
A group of women in favor of women's suffrage, who protested in front of the White House during Woodrow Wilson's presidency. -
A night when a bunch of suffragists underwent a horrifying night of torture, abuse, and arrests. -
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or distribution of alcohol; it was later repealed because it created more problems than it was intended to solve. -
The 19th Amendment guaranteed women the right to vote, this made voting more democratic, which improved the lives of Americans. -
The station KDKA made the nation's first commercial broadcast.