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This act prevented Chinese workers from moving to the US. This was the first act to remove a whole ethnic group. c
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This was a law to regulate railroads, as they were charging whatever they wanted, and no one could afford it. This helped make some rates 'reasonable and just', but did not empower the government to fix certain rates.
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Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr rented an abandoned residence at 800 South Halsted Street that had been built by Charles G. Hull in 1856 for the purpose of educating and socializing immigrants.
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Reform minded journalists in the Progressive Era. They exposed the corruption in large business and had large popular audiences.
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This act outlawed trusts, monopolies and cartels, between companies. This increased competitiveness.
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Stated, 'separate but equal', to which meant that African Americans were people too, but had to be in other places than white people. A man named Homer Plessy sat in a train car for whites, and refused to move, hence this decision by supreme Court.
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The president was assassinated six months into his second term.
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There was a coal miner strike in 1902 from May to October. The miners fought for higher pay, shorter days, and recognition from their union
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This was written by Ida Tarbell, to expose the oil company, which was run by Rockefeller at the time.
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This was a book written by the journalist Upton Sinclair, which was written to expose the lives and the exploitation of immigrants.
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This was an act to force distributors to sell their meat without lying about what it was and to have the animals slaughtered in safe and sanitary conditions.
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Protection of cultural and natural resources.
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This was a series of laws that was meant to protect the people from harmful things in food and drugs given to them.
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This was a woman's rights movement about their work hours, in which the government limited.
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William Howard Taft won the 1908 election against William Jennings Bryan.
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This was a fire in a factory building, in which lots of people died due to the height of the building. The fire ladders could not reach the higher floors, and lots of people died.
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The Square Deal was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
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In the 1912 election, Woodrow Wilson was elected president
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The development of this union was to improve the welfare of the working people.
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Revenue act of 1913. Reestablished income tax and lowered tariff rates.
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Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913, the 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax.
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17th Amendment gives voters the power to directly elect their senators. It also states that the U.S. Senate includes two senators from each state, and that each senator has one vote in the Senate. Senators are elected for six-year terms.
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First banking system
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Outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce
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Protected and enforced law and consumer protection.
