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Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced segregation -
Tuskegee Institute
First university for African Americans -
Booker T. Washington
Founded the Tuskegee Institute, believed segregation was okay as long as they as long as whites allowed African Americans to economic progress, education, and justice. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Banned all Chinese laborers from coming to the US -
Interstate Commerce Act
Act that gave congress the right to regulate railroads and commerce -
Hull House
A place to house and help recent European immigrants. Co-founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. -
Muckrakers
Journalists who were exposing corruption -
Sherman Antitrust Act
First federal law that banned monopolies -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Case that truly established "separate but equal" -
McKinley Assassinated
President McKinley, who later died, was shot twice in the stomach by Leon Czolgosz. -
Coal Miner Strike
Strike of miners who wanted higher wages and shorter work days -
“The History of Standard Oil”
A book written by Ida Tarbell about the Standard Oil Company that furthered the closing of the company due to their violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act -
The Jungle
A book written by Upton Sinclair showing the terrible conditions that immigrants live in industrial cities. The government then acts on this. -
Niagara Movement
Organization of African American intellectuals, led by W.E.B. Du Bois, that called for full rights for African Americans -
W. E. B. Du Bois
A sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer, and editor -
Antiquities Acts
Act that protects natural and cultural resources -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Ensures that meat will inspected and made under sanitary conditions. Government has the right to shut you down if you don't meet health requirements. -
Food and Drug Act
Banned all mislabeled food and drug commerce -
Muller vs Oregon
Case that decided if women should be able to negotiate work hours with her employer. The decision was to limit a woman's work-hours to 10 a day. -
Taft Wins
Republicans won their 4th straight presidential victory -
NAACP
Civil rights group whose mission is to advance justice for African-Americans -
Urban League
Civil rights organization that advocates for social and economic justice for African-Americans -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
In Manhattan, New York City there was a very deadly industrial fire because there was no regulations. Led to safer working conditions. -
Square Deal
President Theodore Roosevelt's act that had 3 goals: conserve natural resources, regulate corporations, and protect consumers -
16th Amendment
Congress creates income tax -
Department of Labor Established
Department responsible for work regulations and the betterment of the employees -
17th Amendment
Gave the people the right to vote for their senators. If a senate seat isn't filled, the governor picks a new senator. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Promoted higher tariff rates, encouraged American-made products -
Federal Reserve Act
An act with the goal to regulate banking better -
Trench Warfare
Warfare that is set up in a trench that is well protected by minimal enemy fire. However, this was a breeding ground for diseases and rats. -
Federal Trade Commission
Agency with the mission of enforcing civil U.S. antitrust law and promoting consumer protection. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Act that protects consumers by stopping unfair practices in the marketplace -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Act that points out unethical business practices -
Birth of a Nation
Movie, directed by D. W. Griffith, that painted the KKK as heroes -
Rise of KKK
Resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan after Birth of a Nation came out -
Lusitania sunk
Germany torpedoed the Lusitania, which carried some Americans on it. This led to the U.S. entering World War 1. -
Wilson Elected
First democratic president after 4 republican presidents -
Zimmerman Telegram
Secret telegram from the German Foreign Office that proposed an alliance between Germany and Mexico -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany -
Espionage Act
Act that bans copying or printing of information to enemies that interferes with the US -
Hammer vs Dagenhart
Case that did away with the regulation of child labor -
Sedition Act
Extended Espionage Act to cover speech and the expression of opinion that painted the government and war efforts as a negative thing -
Armistice Day
The Allied powers signed a ceasefire with Germany ending World War 1 -
18th amendment
The sale of liquor was illegal, but it didn't make drinking alcohol illegal -
Versailles Peace Conference
International meeting held at Versailles with the purpose of establishing peace between the Allies and the Central Powers after World War 1 -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
President Woodrow Wilson didn't take the senators' protest of the Treaty of Versailles into consideration which led to Senators' rejection -
Wilson Strokes
President Woodrow Wilson had a stroke that left him weak until the end of his presidency -
League of Nations
International group established after World War I with the mission to solve disputes between countries before they start a war -
19th Amendment
Women get the right to vote
