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Jim crow laws
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Tuskegee institute
Important because it was the first institution of higher learning for African Americans. -
Chinese exclusion act.
Suspended Chinese immigration for ten years and made them ineligible to become a US citizen. -
Interstate commerce act
Grants congress the power to regulate commerce with the states and foreign nations. -
Jane Addams Hull House
The first settlement house opened in the US (Chicago.) The purpose of this house was for women to gather and share information -
Sherman antitrust act
Outlaws every contract, combination, conspiracy, or monopoly in relation to trade. -
Plessy vs Ferguson
Established the constitutionality of racial segregation, it is not legal. -
McKinley's assassination
McKinley went to the Philippines to spread news and merit on international trade, his secret service warned him of assassination but he didn't listen, hence why he was murdered. -
Coal miner strike
Miners threatened to cut an entire winters supply of fuel because they wanted higher wages, shorter hours, and recognition of their union. Roosevelt came to a compromise with the miners. -
Muckrackers
A group of American writers who provided detailed and accurate accounts of political and economical corruption. -
Ida Tarbell's "The History of Standard Oil"
Book credited w speeding up the breakup of standard oil, they were breaking the sherman antitrust act. -
WEB Dubois
A writer of the progressive era and proponent of pan-Africanism. Known for the souls of black folk black reconstruction in the American crisis. Led the Niagara movement in 1905. -
Niagara movement
An organized event of black individuals that called for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans. -
The Jungle
Written by Upton Sinclair, displays harsh conditions and exploited lives of industrial cities. -
Antiquities act
First of many laws that protect lands of cultural use or w natural resources. -
Federal meat inspection act
Makes it illegal to adulterate meat and meat products sold as food and ensures such meat will be made in strictly regulated sanitary conditions. -
Food and drug act
Led to the creation of the FDA, regulated goods within food and drugs to consumers across the states. -
Muller v Oregon
Oregon enacted a law that women couldn't work more than 10 hours in factories and laundromats. Muller required a female worker to work more than 10 and was fined. The case ruled that states could limit the hours of females without limiting males. -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. An interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
Urban league
Its goal was to provide employment opportunities in the private sector, break down the color line in organized labor, and promote vocational and occupational education. -
Triangle shirtwaste factory fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York and one of the deadliest in American history. A rag in a wastebin caught fire and led to the death of 146 men. -
Taft wins
Only won two states in the 1912 election, first ever republican to lose the northern states. -
16th amendment
States that "Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census or enumeration." -
Teddy Roosevelt's square deal
Teddy's three main goals of this deal are to conserve natural resources, control corporations, and protect consumers. -
Department of labor stablished
The organic act established the department of labor, passed by president Taft hours before his term was up. -
17th amendment
States that the senate is composed of two senators from each state elected by the people for 6 year terms. -
Underwood Simmons Tariff
Aka revenue act of 1913, it reestablished a federal income tax. -
Federal reserve act
Passed by the 63rd US congress and signed into law by president Wilson. The act created the reserve system and central banking system -
Trench warfare
A warfare tactic used by almost everyone in ww1. It was a stalemate when applied in battle. -
Federal trade commission act
Established the federal trade commission which outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce. -
Clayton antitrust act
Prevented unfair methods of competition and declared strikes, boycotts, and labor unions legal under federal law. -
rise of kkk
An anti-black social group revived 40 years after its original creation by Colonel William Joseph Simmons. -
The birth of a nation
The first Hollywood blockbuster hit. It was the longest and most profitable film produced and the most artistically advanced film of its day. -
RMS Lusitania sinking
A UK ocean liner that was torpedoed by an imperial German navy U-boat during the first world war. The boat being sunk killed many civilians and made other nations very angry. -
Booker T Washington
An influential African American leader of the progressive era. He became the first principal for the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama. -
Wilson elected
Very close electoral battle, won by 600k votes and a few swing states. -
Zimmermann telegraph
A secret document issued from the German foreign office that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the US entered World War I against Germany. Britain intercepted this telegraph and showed it to the US. -
Wilson asks for a war
Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany which was a messy conflict that they had been resisting for a while. -
Espionage act
Prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the US. -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
A court decision where a law regarding child labor was struck down and allowed congress to enforce child labor laws. -
Wilson 14 points
Proposal by Wilson to outline his vision for ending ww1 with prevention for it happening again. -
Sedition act
The govt's first try to limit freedom of speech. Stated "The deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing false, scandalous, or malicious writing." -
18th amendment
Aka prohibition. Banned the sale, use, and creation of alcohol. Outraged the public. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
For the first time since 1789 the president of the US personally delivered a treaty to the senate. The treaty ended ww1. -
Woodrow Wilson stroke
Wilson intended to seek a third term in office but suffered a severe stroke that left him incapacitated. -
League of nations
An international organization in Switzerland created after ww1 to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
Versailles peace conference
Purposed to establish the terms of the peace after ww1. -
19th amendment
Amendment that allowed women the right to vote. -
Armistice day
Made November 11th a legal holiday to honor veterans of ww1.