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National Woman Suffrage Association. It promoted the idea of giving women the right to vote.
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South Dakota was the first state to adopt the initiative and referendum system.
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Minnesota became the first state to hold a direct primary election.
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He ran for president, but was defeated by William McKinley.
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He was reelected twice.
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Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president.
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Oregon was the first state to adopt the initiative system.
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A strike was held by the United Mine Workers of America. Miners asked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and for their union to be recognized.
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Established a procedure to allow the adult heirs of a deceased allottee could sell the heirship lands with approval of the secretary of the interior.
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Funded irrigation projects for the land in the West.
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Ended the common practice of the railroads granting rebates to their most valued customers.
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A cabinet that focused on controlling the excesses of big businesses.
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A classic work of American literature.
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Wisconsin became the first state to have a direct primary law.
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The Court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies.
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The National Child Labor Committe promotes the rights of children who work.
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It concerned the limit on work hours for a baker. The court voted 5 to 4 that the law was necessary.
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An international radical labor union. The members are known as "Wobblies."
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The book was written to show the harsh lives of immigrants living in the United States.
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The meat inspection act prevented adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. The Pure food an Drug act provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. The Hepburn Act gave the Interstate Commerce Commissionthe power to set maximum railroad rated.
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The failed attempt to corner the market on the United Copper Company's stock led to a string of bank runs and a national panic.
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Justified both sex discrimination and usage of labor laws during the time period. The vote was unanimously in favor of Muller.
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William Howard Taft became the 27th president of the United States.
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Was a dispute between Gifford Pinchot and Richard Achilles Ballinger that contributed to the split of the Republican party
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was a civil rights association for minorities.
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Addressed prostitution and human trafficking. Made it illegal to transport someone between states for the purpose of prostitution.
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Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912.
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Stated congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration.
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This union, led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns campaigned for an amendment guaranteeing women's rights.
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Established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
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Re-imposed the federal income tax following the sixteenth amendment and lowered tariff rates.
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Established the federal reserve system.
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The federal trade commision act prohibited unfair and deceptive trade. The Clayton Anti-trust act clarified and supplemented the Sherman Anti-trust act.
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This act banned the selling of any products produced in a factory that employed anyone under the age of fourteen.
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The eighteenth amendment prohibited the selling, making, and transporting of beverages that contained alcohol.
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Allowed women the right to vote.
