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W.E.B Du bois
Du Bois was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 1909. -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Booker T Washington
He's known for founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute (Now Tuskegee University) in 1881 and the National Negro Business League two decades later. -
Tuskegee Institute
This was the first institution of higher learning for African Americans. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Federal law passed by Chester A. Prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act was designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
Jane Adams hull house
The goal was for educated women to share all kinds of knowledge, from basic skills to arts and literature with poorer people in the neighborhood. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act is a statute which prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Plessy v. Ferguson established the constitutionality of racial segregation. -
McKinley Assasinated
He was shaking hands with the public when anarchist Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen. -
Coal Miner Strike - 1902
Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
Muckrackers
Muckrakers were a group of writers who tried to expose the problems that existed in American society as a result of the rise of big business, urbanization, and immigration. Most of the muckrakers were journalists. -
Teddy Roosevelt Square Deal
This reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Ida Tarbell "The History Of Standard Oil"
.Ida Tarbell "The History Of Standard Oil" is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company it talks about accounts of the rise of a business monopoly and its use of unfair practices; -
Niagara Movement
This movement forcefully demanded equal economic and educational opportunity as well as the vote for black men and women. -
The Jungle Published
This was a novel by Upton Sinclair. The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States -
Roosevelt's-Antiques Act
This granted Roosevelt and all future presidents a new superpower. -
Food & Drug Act
This was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt. It prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks and drugs -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
this banned the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products -
Muller V.S Oregon
The Supreme Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men -
Taft Wins
He won because he improved the economy, built roads and schools, and gave the people at least some participation in government. President Roosevelt made him Secretary of War. -
NAACP formed
This was an organization created to work for the abolition of segregation and discrimination in housing, education, employment, voting, and transportation -
Urban League
The organization was founded to provide assistance to African Americans to further the dual tenets of economic and social justice. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
It was in Manhattan, New York City. it was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. -
Wilson Elected
Wilson took advantage of the Republican split, winning 40 states and a large majority of the electoral vote with just 41.8% of the popular vote. -
16th Amendment
This allows Congress to levy a tax on income from any source without apportioning it among the states and without regard to the census. -
Department Of Labor Established
This is a cabinet-level department of the U.S. federal government, responsible for occupational safety and health, wage and hour standards etc. -
17th Amendment
This provided for the direct election of U.S. senators by the voters of the states. -
Federal Reserve Act
It was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson and gave the 12 Federal Reserve banks the ability to print money to ensure economic stability. -
Trench Warfare
its a type of combat in which the opposing sides attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground -
Federal Trade Commission Act
This outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce. -
Clayton Anti-trust Act
This prevented unfair methods of competition. -
The birth of a nation
The Birth of a Nation, landmark silent film, released in 1915, that was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit. -
Lusitania Sunk
German submarine (U-boat) U-20 torpedoed and sank the Lusitania, a swift-moving British cruise liner traveling from New York to Liverpool, England. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children on board, 1,195 perished, including 123 Americans. -
Zimmerman Telegram
it was a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office in January 1917 that proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico if the United States entered World War I against Germany. -
Wilson asks for war
Wilson cited Germany's violation of its pledge to suspend unrestricted submarine warfare in the North Atlantic and the Mediterranean, as well as its attempts to entice Mexico into an alliance against the United States, as his reasons for declaring war. -
Espionage Act
The Espionage Act of 1917 is a United States federal law passed on June 15, 1917, shortly after the U.S. entry into World War I. -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
The Fourteen Points were a proposal made by U.S. President Woodrow Wilson in a speech before Congress on January 8, 1918, outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again. -
Sedition Act
permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false or scandalous writing” against the government of the United States. -
Hammer V Dagenhart
Hammer V Dagenhart was a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court struck down a federal law regulating child labor. -
Armistice Day
Commemoration of the signing of the Armistice between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers effectively ending all military operations and hostilities in all theatres and fronts of World War I -
Versailles Peace Conference
The purpose of the meeting was to establish the terms of the peace after World War. -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson had intended to seek a third term in office but suffered a severe stroke in October 1919 that left him incapacitated. -
19th Amendment
the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
The U.S. Senate refused to ratify Wilson's Treaty of Versailles because, among other reasons, Senators feared that U.S. involvement in the League of Nations would mean that American troops might be sent into Europe and settle European disputes -
Rise Of The KKK
In the 1920s, the Klan moved in many states to dominate local and state politics. -
League of Nations
The League of Nations was an international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare. -
18th Amendment
This declared the production, transport, and sale of intoxicating liquors illegal -
Underwood Simmons Tariff
It reduced average rates from 40 percent to 25 percent, greatly enlarged the free list, and included a modest income tax.