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Plessy v. Ferguson
Supreme Court decision that upheld constitutionality of racial segregation. Doctrine known as separate but equal. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
An act passed preventing Chinese laborers from coming to the United States -
Interstate Commerce Act
Law designed to regulate the railroad industry -
Jane Addams-Hull House
It was opened to recently arrived European immigrants in 1911 -
Muckrackers
Journalists who exposed institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Sherman Antitrust Act
US legislation that outlawed monopolies and cartels to increase economic competitiveness -
McKinley Assassinated
Anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen -
Coal Miner-Strike 1902
Miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays and recognition of their union -
Ida Tarbell-"The History of Standard Oil"
An expose about the Standard Oil Company run by John D. Rockfeller -
The Jungle Published
Novel wrote to portray the harsh conditions and lives of immigrants in Chicago -
Teddy Roosevelt's-Square Deal
Domestic program which reflected Roosevelt's "three Cs": conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, consumer protection -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
A law stating that it's a crime to misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
An act for the preservation of American antiquities -
Food and Drug Act
A series of consumer protection laws. Lead to the creation of the FDA. -
Muller v. Oregon
Law limited women to 10 hours of work. Curt Muller was fined $10 when he violated that. He appealed the conviction. Supreme Court upheld the law's constitutionality. -
16th Amendment
Allowed Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states based on population -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York City -
17th Amendment
Established popular election of US Senators by the people of the states -
Taft Wins
Taft defeated former president Theodore Roosevelt. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Re-established a federal income tax in the US and lowered tariff rates -
Department of Labor Established
They are responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment benefits, reemployment services and some economic statistics -
Federal Reserve Act
It created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the US. -
Federal Trade Commission
Prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in commerce -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson defeated Supreme Court Justice Charles Evans Hughes (republican candidate)
