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Ida Tarbell
was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th -
Rise of KKK (early 20thcentury)
an American white supremacist terrorist hate group whose primary targets are African Americans as well as Jews, immigrants, leftists, homosexuals, Catholics, Muslims, and atheists. -
W.E.B. Dubois
an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist who was the most important black protest leader in the United States during the first half of the 20th century -
Tuskegee Institute
was the first institution of higher learning for African Americans -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce
granting Congress the power “to Regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States”—to regulating railroad rates. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, United States that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of the city, Hull House opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
"every contract, combination, or conspiracy in restraint of trade," and any "monopolization, attempted monopolization, or conspiracy or combination to monopolize -
Plessy V. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine. -
Mckinley Assassinated
President William McKinley is shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. -
Coal miner strike 1902
The Coal strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
Muckrackers
A muckraker was any of a group of American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and expose writing. -
Niagara Movement
organization of black intellectuals that was led by W.E.B. Du Bois and called for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans. -
Muller v. Oregon
the Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men -
The jungle published
novel that was a story that brought to light the problems in the meat industry. -
Food and Drug act
created to prevent the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious food, drugs, medications, and liquors -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
that prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
“declare by public proclamation historic landmarks, historic and prehistoric structures, and other objects of historic or scientific interest that are situated on land owned or controlled by the Federal Government to be national monuments.” -
Taft wins
Taft carried 23% of the national vote and won two states, Vermont and Utah. He was the first Republican to lose the Northern states. -
NAACP formed
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), interracial American organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation; to oppose racism; and to ensure African Americans their constitutional rights -
Urban League
a civil rights organization based in New York City that advocates on behalf of African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
600 workers at the factory when a fire began in a rag bin. The manager attempted to use the fire hose to extinguish it, but was unsuccessful, as the hose was rotted and its valve was rusted shut. -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson, then governor of New Jersey, was the Democratic Party's candidate for the presidential election of 1912 -
Armistice Day
temporary stopping of open acts of warfare by agreement between the opponents -
Teddy Roosevelt’s-Square Deal
which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Department of Labor Established
United States executive department formed in 1913 to help workers, job seekers, and retirees by creating standards for occupational safety, wages, hours, and benefits and by compiling economic statistics. -
17th Amendment
provides for the election of senators by replacing the phrase “chosen by the Legislature thereof -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
sought to promote international trade by lowering import duties (and, to make up for the expected loss of revenue -
16th Amendment
allows Congress to levy a tax on income from any source without apportioning it among the states -
Federal Reserve Act
The 1913 Federal Reserve Act created the Federal Reserve System, known simply as "The Fed." It was implemented to establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy. -
Trench Warfare
Trench warfare is a type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines largely comprising military trenches, in which troops are well-protected from the enemy's small arms fire and are substantially sheltered from artillery. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
prevented unfair methods of competition -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
he Birth of a Nation was a huge commercial success and profoundly influenced both the film industry and American culture. The film has been acknowledged as an inspiration for the rebirth of the Ku Klux Klan, which took place only a few months after its release. -
Federal trade commission
a federal agency that enforces antitrust laws and protects consumers. -
Lusitania sunk
a British luxury liner sunk by a German submarine in the North Atlantic -
Booker T. Washington
an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Washington was from the last generation of black American leaders born into slavery and became the leading voice of the former slaves and their descendants. -
Zimmerman Telegram
was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. -
Espionage Act
An Act to punish acts of interference with the foreign relations, and the foreign commerce of the United States, to punish espionage, and better to enforce the criminal laws of the United States, and for other purposes. -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again. -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
US Supreme Court decision that allowed Congress to enforce child labor laws. -
Sedition Act
In one of the first tests of freedom of speech, the House passed the Sedition Act, permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” -
Versailles Peace Conference
The Paris Peace Conference convened in January 1919 at Versailles just outside Paris. The conference was called to establish the terms of the peace after World War I -
18th amendment
Constitution of the United States imposing the federal prohibition of alcohol -
Wilson Stroke
President Woodrow Wilson became ... term for a brief loss of blood flow to the brain, or “mini-stroke -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
The terms of the treaty required that Germany pay financial reparations, disarm, lose territory, and give up all of its overseas colonies. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international organization, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland, created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
19th amendment
This amendment allowed women the right to vote -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow state constitutional provisions mandated the segregation of public schools, public places, and public transportation, and the segregation of restrooms, restaurants, and drinking fountains between white and black people.