Progressive era events

  • Booker T. Washington

    Booker T. Washington

    Born a slave and rose to become on of the influence people for his time
  • Rise of KKK (early 20th century)

    Rise of KKK (early 20th century)

    A white activist group that thrived in the south and enough said about that
  • W.E.B. Dubois

    W.E.B. Dubois

    W.E.B. Dubious was a sociologist who was a big civil rights activist
  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act

    President Arthur signed an act that stops Chinese labor working from immigrating to the united states
  • Jane Addams-Hull House

    Jane Addams-Hull House

    The Hull House was a place where European immigrants
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    The Sherman Antitrust Act was made and enforced to prevent business men from having a monopoly over a certain industry and or trade.
  • Period: to

    Muckrackers

    A group of journalist that exposed corrupted leaders and institutions
  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson

    In 1896 the U.S Supreme Court decided to make any racially different citizen equal but which resulted in colored bathrooms, restaurant, and etc
  • McKinley Assassinated

    McKinley Assassinated

    President McKinley was assassinated in 1901 in his second term by Leon Czolgosz
  • Coal Miner Strike-1902

    Coal Miner Strike-1902

    Coal Miner Strike in 1902 was resolved my Theodore Roosevelt even tho he didn't legally have to be involved
  • Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal

    Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal

    The square deal purpose was to protect both businesses and labor and it was aimed at helping the middle class
  • The Jungle Published

    The Jungle Published

    The Book exposes the harsh reality for immigrants in Chicago and in busy cities like New York
  • Food and Drug Act

    Food and Drug Act

    The first act for Consumer protection it outlawed the sale of adulterated food and drugs
  • Roosevelt-Antiquities Act

    Roosevelt-Antiquities Act

    President Roosevelt signed for this act in 1906 and what this act does is protects cultural and natural resources
  • Federal Meat Inspection Act

    Federal Meat Inspection Act

    This act made sure that the meat they where selling is safe and edible to eat
  • Muller v. Oregon

    Muller v. Oregon

    the argument was that Oregon limited the hours for women to 10
  • NAACP formed

    NAACP formed

    NAACP means The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and was used to aid in seeking justice for colored people
  • Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”

    Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”

    Ida Tarbell wrote a book to expose at the time oil tycoon John D Rockefeller
  • Triangle Shirtwaist fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist fire

    It was the worst fire in the history of Manhattan NY
  • Taft Wins

    Taft Wins

    He was the first republican to lose to the northern states
  • Federal Reserve Act

    Federal Reserve Act

    it created central banking as we know it
  • Department of Labor Established

    Department of Labor Established

    Department of Labor was established in 1913 by President Taft just before he was out of office
  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    Clayton Antitrust Act

    what act did was fixed the laws of labor and prevented monopolies from forming
  • Trench Warfare

    Trench Warfare

    Trench Warfare was used for protection and was invented by Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban
  • The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    The Birth of a Nation (1915)

    The Birth of a Nation was a silent flim made in 1915 that was the first blockbuster to come out
  • Lusitania sunk

    Lusitania sunk

    Lusitania was a British ship that carried over a thousand passengers and supplies to the allies
  • Wilson Elected

    Wilson Elected

    President Wilson was elected in 1916 he was the 28th president
  • Zimmerman Telegram

    Zimmerman Telegram

    The Zimmerman Telegram was a proposal from Germany to mexico to join the fight and to reclaim there lost land
  • Wilson Asks for War

    Wilson Asks for War

    Well just as the title say Wilson Asks for War he to go to congress and vote on going to war
  • Espionage Act

    Espionage Act

    what the Espionage Act essentially did was not tell the enemy our plans,weapons,and the amount of soldiers ready
  • Wilson-Fourteen Points

    Wilson-Fourteen Points

    Wilson-Fourteen Points was the principle of peace and was used to end the war
  • Hammer v. Dagenhart

    Hammer v. Dagenhart

    Hammer v. Dagenhart case regulated on child labor
  • Sedition Act

    Sedition Act

    Sedition Act made it a crime to spread false information about the government or lie
  • Armistice Day

    Armistice Day

    Now a holiday on November 11 1918 the war had ended and peace was made
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment

    18th amendment make it illegal to buy alcohol but not to consume, or drink it
  • Versailles Peace Conference

    Versailles Peace Conference

    Versailles Peace Conference was formed to address the terms of Germany's treaty
  • Wilson Stroke

    Wilson Stroke

    President Wilson suffered from a stroke but he didn't die
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    19th amendment allowed women to vote
  • Treaty of Versailles to Senate

    Treaty of Versailles to Senate

    in 1919 The president delivered a treaty to the senate that was the first time since 1789
  • League of Nations

    League of Nations

    League of Nations was the first international organization it was formed in 1920
  • Interstate Commerce Act

    Interstate Commerce Act

    The act was issued to prevent the railroad industry from becoming a monopoly
  • Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws

    Jim Crow Laws where laws that separated blacks from doing things white people could do such as colored bathrooms and water fountains

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