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Booker T. Washington
He was sadly born into slavery, but had later became a known leader for the African-Americans in the 19th century. Booker T. Washington reformer, educator, and an influential African-American leader of his time. -
W.E.B. Dubois
He was an African-American civil rights activist, historian, author, leader, sociologist, and educator. -
Tuskegee Institute
It was a school founded by Booker T. Washington. As it was under a charter, of the Alabama legislature. A University for African-Americans. To also help teach people to become teachers and was one of the most well-known training schools. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It didn’t allow immigration of Chinese laborers, and first ever federal law that banned a certain nationality and ethnicity. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This Act made railroads the first industry subjected to Federal regulation. -
Jim Crow Laws
These laws legalized racial segregation. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
It was made by Jane Adam’s and Ellen Gates Starr to assist the poor in Chicago. Also to promote educational and social learning, helping immigrants speak English. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This was the first ever federal act that banned monopolistic business practices. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case in 1896, and a decision that validated the lawfulness of racial segregation and the doctrine of “separate but equal”. -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
It was based on three ideas. Firstly, the conservation of natural resources. Secondly, control of corporations. Thirdly and lastly, consumer protection. -
McKinley Assassinated
The 25th president, William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz at a Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
A great strike in 1902 of the anthracite coal fields of eastern Pennsylvania threatened a coal famine. It was to call attention to their low wages, long hours, and also poor conditions. -
Muckrakers
They were American journalists and writers during the Progressive Era who exposed corrupt leaders, governments, and big businesses. -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
The novel was made to expose the Standard Oil Company, that was ran at the time by John D. Rockefeller. -
Niagara Movement
The founders were W.E.B. Dubois, William Monroe Trotter, and Mary Burnett Talbert. It was created to go against racial segregation. -
The Jungle Published
It was wrote to expose the meat-packing industry of the rotten and contaminated meats. Which led to federal food safety laws. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
The first U.S. law to provide legal protection of natural or cultural resources and scientific interests on federal lands. -
Food and Drug Act
A federal law that provided inspections of meat products and banned the manufacture and sale of adulterated food, drinks, and drugs. -
Federal meat inspection
It forbid the sale of misbranded, adulterated, and it ensured livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions properly. -
Muller v. Oregon
A Supreme Court case, in which the court ruled in favor of Oregon whom passed a law to limit the working hours of women. For the sole reason, as it was to protect and promote women’s health as they put it. -
Taft Wins
William Howard Taft a republican, wins the presidential election in 1908, but is defeated in 1912 by Woodrow Wilson a democrat. -
NAACP formed
The founding father is considered to be Charles Edward Russel. There were eight other founders. Said to be the nations oldest civil rights organization. It’s purpose was to and fortunately helped end segregation. -
Urban League
The founders were George Edmund Haynes, an African-American, and a white women named Ruth Standish Baldwin. The purpose of this group was to eliminate racial segregation, discrimination and to help African Americans, and other minorities to participate in all phases of American life. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
A deadly fire that happened in Manhattan, New York City, killing 146 people. -
16th Amendment
This allowed Congress to give income taxes to the population in the United States. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
It had created lower tax rates for exports and imports. -
Department of Labor Established
It was established in 1913 by William Howard Taft in his last moments of being president. It’s purpose was to promote and foster the welfare of the wage earners, retirees, and etc. Assure rights and benefits related to work. -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson, elected in 1912, defeated bothTaft and Rosevelt. U.S. 28th president, and a democrat. Did two terms 1913-1921, passed away in 1924. -
17th Amendment
It provided the direct election of U.S. senators from the voters of the state. -
Federal Reserve Act
It’s propose was to provide the nation with a more flexible, safer, and more stable monetary and financial system. -
Federal trade Commission
As it’s purpose is to protect consumers and costumers by stopping unfair and deceptive practices in the marketplace. They conduct investigations, sue companies and people that have violated the law. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
This act bans “unfair or deceptive acts or practices in or affecting commerce.” -
Clayton Antitrust Act
This act stand for the unethical business practices, like price-fixing and monopolies, as it upholds numerous rights of labor. -
The Birth Of A Nation(1915)
D.W. Griffith, Fran E. Woods, and Thomas Dixon Jr. were the creators and founders of this old film. This film was based on Clansmen(KKK). It was the most profitable and artistic film in the day. -
Lusitania Sunk
This was supposed to be an important event in WW1 . 1,200 had died, because Germans torpedoed the ship. -
Espionage Act
It was an act that made it a crime to interfere with the United States military and war efforts, or to help the opposing country. -
Zimmerman Telegram
It was from the German Foreign Office, which offered a military alliance between Germany and Mexico. -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to declare a war against Germany. A few days later, Congress had accepted the war. -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
It was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used negotiating peace to end WW1. Written by the man himself, President Woodrow Wilson. -
Trench Warfare
It’s a type of fighting method where both sides build trenches to defend against the enemy. -
Sedition Act
It was a legislation of such, to protect U.S. participation in WW1. -
Hammer V. Dagenhart
It was the one of the most important cases ever, in interstate commerce and child labor laws. It took place in North Carolina. The Supreme Court ruled in favor of Dagenhart. -
Armistice Day
It is a holiday that symbolizes when there was a ceasefire agreement with Germany and the Allied powers in France. -
18th amendment
The U.S. Constitution had established the prohibiting of Alcohol/Liquor. -
Versailles Peace Conference
It was a formal meeting with the Allies at the end of WW1. It was called to set terms of peace, which led to the Treaty of Versailles, ending WW1. -
Wilson Stroke
Woodrow Wilson suffers a severe stroke in October of 1919. He slowly regained his health, but was somewhat paralyzed on one side. In 1924, he passed away. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
The Senates had refused the treaty. They didn’t want to join the League of Nations. -
League of Nations
It’s purpose was to maintain world peace, cooperate among other nations, and to be guaranteed peace. Which later on failed. -
19th Amendment
It granted women the right to vote in the U.S. -
Rise of KKK(early 20th Century)
A book published in 2009, the author is Rory M. Mcveilgh, who is a sociologist and has written other books. As it’s about how in the 1920s where the KKK had been transformed into a national movement.
