Progressive era

Progressive Era

  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    A law that was passed by Grover Cleveland that limited Chinese immigration to the US.
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act

    Was a US law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry. (Restricts Monopoly)
  • Jane Addams- Hull House

    Jane Addams- Hull House

    Was a settlement house In the united states which was founded in 1889 by Jane Addams in Chicago.
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    US Antitrust law that that regulates competition among enterprises. Passed under Pres. Benjamin Harrison.
  • Plessy V.Ferguson

    Plessy V.Ferguson

    Was a decision of the US Supreme Court to uphold constitutionally of racial segregation laws for public facilities even if they are equal in quality.
  • McKinley Assassinated

    McKinley Assassinated

    In office from March 4, 1897 to Sept 14, 1901. killed by Leon Czologosz.
  • Coal Miner Strike of 1902

    Coal Miner Strike of 1902

    Coal Miners in Eastern Pennsylvania when on strike for higher wages and shorter work days. Also to gain recognition of their union.
  • Ida Tarbell and the history of standard oil

    Ida Tarbell and the history of standard oil

    Ida Tarbell was a journalist in the 19 hundreds who wrote a book and published it in 1904. The book was called the standard oil company. The book was wrote to expose the standard oil company's for being corrupt.
  • Teddy Roosevelt's- square deal

    Teddy Roosevelt's- square deal

    Was President Roosevelt's domestic program which reflected three major goals. Conservation of Natural Resources, Control of corporations and consumer protection. The Three C's.
  • The Jungle Published

    The Jungle Published

    Was a Novel written by an American Journalist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the book to portray harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the US in Industrialized cities.
  • Federal Meat Inspection Act

    Federal Meat Inspection Act

    Is an American law that ensures that meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions.
  • Roosevelt- Antiquities Act

    Roosevelt- Antiquities Act

    Roosevelt signed this act to establish the first general legal protection of cultural and natural resources in the united states.
  • Food and Drug Act

    Food and Drug Act

    Was a series of significant consumer protection laws that led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration.
  • Muller V. Oregon

    Muller V. Oregon

    Was a law enacted that limited women to ten hours of work in factories and laundries.
  • Taft Wins

    Taft Wins

    Republican nominee William Howard Taft Won the Presidential election in 1908 against Democrat Williams Jennings Bryan.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    Allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning among the states on the basis of population.
  • Triangle shirt waist fire

    Triangle shirt waist fire

    The Triangle shirtwaist fire in Greenwich village NY was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. 146 deaths all women.
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    Established the popular election of United States senators by the people of the states.
  • Underwood- Simmons Tariff

    Underwood- Simmons Tariff

    This act reestablished a federal income tax in the United States and substantially lower tariff rates.
  • Department of labor Established

    Department of labor Established

    Is a Cabinet level department of the US federal government Responsible for occupational safety and unemployment insurance benefits.
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    This Law created the federal reserve system, the central banking system of the United States.
  • Federal Trade Commission Act

    Federal Trade Commission Act

    This act outlaws unfair methods of competition and outlaws unfair acts or practices that affect commerce.
  • Federal Trade Commission

    Federal Trade Commission

    Is an independent agency of the United States whose principle mission is to enforce the civil antitrust law and promotion of consumer protection.
  • Wilson Elected

    Wilson Elected

    President Woodrow Wilson, Democrat won the election of 1916 against Charles Evan Hughes, Republican.
  • Muckrackers

    Muckrackers

    Where reform minded journalist people in the US who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt.