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Chinese Exclusion Act
An immigration law passed in 1882 that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S. -
Interstate Commerce Act
It is a United States federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
It is a settlement house in the United States.The Hull House opened to recently arrived European immigrants. -
Muckrackers
Was reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era in the United States (1890s-1920s) who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
A United States antitrust law that regulates competition among enterprises. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
was a landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality. (separate but equal). -
Mckinley Assassinated
Leon Czolgosz shot Mckinley twice in the abdomen. Czolgosz regarded Mckinley as a symbol of oppression and was convicted it was his duty as a anarchist to kill him. -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
It was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. -
Ida Tarbell-"The History of Standard Oil"
The History of Standard Oil Company is a 1904 book by journalist Ida Tarbell. -
The Jungle Published
A novel by the American journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair. -
Teddy Roosevelt's- Square Deal
It was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, which reflected this three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
The Act is an American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat produces being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions. -
Roosevelt- Antiquities Act
This is the first law to establish that archaeological sites on public lands are important public resources. What this created was the National Parks. -
Food and Drug Act
It was the first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress in the 20th century and led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Muller v. Oregon
It was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court. -
16th Amendment
It allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
It was a fire in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. -
Taft Wins
Taft only won votes from only Vermont and Utah -
17th Admendment
The amendment supersedes Article 1, s3, Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution. -
Wilson Elected
Was elected 32nd president of the United States. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
The Underwood Tariff re-established a federal income tax in the United States. -
Department of Labor Established
It is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, and unemployment insurance benefits, etc. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act help establish Federal reserve banks, to furnish an elastic currency, to afford means of re-discounting commercial paper, to establish a more effective supervision of banking in the United States. -
Federal Trade Commission
The Act made outlaws unfair methods of competition and outlaws unfair acts or practices.
