Progressive Era

By bdepaul
  • Pendleton Civil Service Act

    Pendleton Civil Service Act

    This act stopped family members getting important jobs in government
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    This act prohibited restriction of trade through contracts
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    Progressive Era

    From 1890 to 1920
  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike

    Workers at the Homestead Steel Mill went on strike due to having to cut wages and work longer hours, which resulted in workers fighting Pinkerton guards that had replaced them
  • Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech

    Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech

    Washington gave a speech in Atlanta to help address African Americans in economics and trade
  • First Airplane Flight

    First Airplane Flight

    The Wright Brothers has their first successful flight with their plane
  • Roosevelt Election

    Roosevelt Election

    President Roosevelt was elected
  • Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Laws

    Meat Inspection and Pure Food and Drug Laws

    These laws had all drugs and foods meet an inspection to make sure they were consumable
  • Taft Election

    Taft Election

    President Taft was elected
  • First Model T Automobile

    First Model T Automobile

    The first Ford car was invented in Detroit
  • NAACP Founding

    NAACP Founding

    The NAACP was founded by DuBois and it helped create more equality in economics, education, etc
  • Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

    A fire started in the shirtwaist factory trapping women due to no fire exits, the women either jumped or were burnt alive
  • Wilson Election

    Wilson Election

    President Wilson was elected
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    This amendment approved income tax for the federal government
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    This amendment had senators voted in from the popular vote
  • Washington, D.C. Suffrage Parade

    Washington, D.C. Suffrage Parade

    The parade, led by Alice Paul, happened to fight for women equality in politics
  • Ludlow Massacre

    Ludlow Massacre

    Coal miners went on strike due to their low pay and poor working conditions, so National Guard came to the miners’ houses and set them on fire, and shot them
  • ‘Night of Terror’ Suffrage Arrests

    ‘Night of Terror’ Suffrage Arrests

    Guards were ordered to brutalize many suffragists, and chain them
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    This amendment prohibited alcohol
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This amendment gave women the right to vote
  • First Commercial Radio Station Broadcast

    First Commercial Radio Station Broadcast

    The first station, KDKA, aired on radio

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