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17th Amendment
Senate should have 2 senators from each state for 6 years. -
18th Amendment
Prohibits drinking excessive amounts of alcohol in public. -
19th Amendment
Gives women the right to vote -
Tuskegee Institute
Founded by Booker T. Washington to train teachers in Alabama. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibits all immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Act that monitored the railroad rates. -
Jane Addams- Hull House
Opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Allows free competition of those engaged in commerce. -
Muckrackers
A group of American writers during World War 1. -
Booker T. Washington
An American educator, author, orator, and adviser. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
The doctrine that made everyone equal. -
McKinley Assassinated
25th president assassinated during term. -
Cole Miner Strike
A strike by the United Mine workers of America in the anthracite coalfields. -
Ida Tarbell- "The History of Standard Oil"
The book that talks about the Standard Oil Company. -
The Jungle Published
The book tells of the harsh lifestyle and conditions of immigrants. -
Niagara Movement
A black civil rights organization founded by a group of activists led by W.E.B Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. -
Food and Drug Act
One of the first protection law that led to the Food and Drug Administration. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Banned misbrand meat from being sold as food. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Protected mostly prehistoric Native American ruins and artifacts. -
Taft Wins
Carried 23 percent of the national votes. -
Muller VS. Oregon
Court case to lessen work hours. -
16th Amendment
Allows congress to levy income tax without sharing it with other States. -
NAACP formed
formed as a interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
Urban League
National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. -
Teddy Roosevelt's -Square Deal
Reflected on his 3 major goals -
Wilson Elected
Became the first American southerner to win since 1848. -
Department of Labor Established
Department in charge of everything that has to do with business. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established stability in the U.S. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
re-established a federal income tax in the United Sates. -
Federal Trade Commission
Enforces the civil U.S. antitrust law. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Established the Federal Trade Commission. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Prevented unfair methods of competition. -
Trench Warfare
Type of combat where opposing sides that defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground. -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The first blockbuster Hollywood hit. -
Lusitania Sunk
A UK-registered ocean liner that was torpedoed by an Imperial German Navy U-boat during WW1. -
Zimmermann Telegram
A secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917. -
Espionage Act
Prohibited knowing anything about the war. -
Wilson Asks for War
Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War 1. -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Supreme Court decided to regulate child labor. -
Sedition Act
The imprisonment of anyone publishing "false writing" -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Proposal made by Wilson outlining his vision for ending World War 1 in a way that wouldn't cause it to happen again. -
Armistice Day
Veterans day, set aside to honor veterans that served in World War 1. -
Versailles Peace Conference
Was called to establish the terms of the peace after World War 1. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
The president personally delivered he treaty to the Senate that ended World War 1 and establish the League of Nations. -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson suffered severe stroke that left him handicapped until the end of his term. -
W.E.B Dubois
An American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, pan-African, author, writer, and editor -
Rise of KKK (early 20th Cuntury)
An American white supremacist terrorist hate group. -
League of Nations
An international organization that was created after the First World War to provide a resolution for disputes. -
Jim Crow Laws
State and local laws that enforced racial separation in the Southern U.S.