Progressive Era Timeline

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    Progressive Era Timeline

  • The Pendleton Civil Service Act

    This prohibited hiring of untrained or unfit personnel for jobs in the government.
  • The AC Induction Motor

    In 1887, Nikola Tesla invented an AC induction motor that was successfully patented a year, and was adapted by Westinghouse engineers for road vehicles.
  • The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    This forced monopolies to be destroyed and let free competition come around.
  • Homestead Strike

    The homestead strike was between strikers and private security agents at the homestead steel factory
  • The Pullman Strike

    The Pullman Strike, from May 11, 1894 to July 20, 1894, was a widespread railroad strike and boycott that devastated the Mid-West railroad traffic.
  • Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech

    The Atlanta Compromise was an agreement made in 1895 with Booker T. Washington, African-American leaders, and Southern white leaders.
  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt was elected the 26th president of the United States after the assassination of president McKinley
  • The First Airplane Flight

    On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers made brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft
  • The Meat Inspection Act

    This makes it illegal to make food that is not passed the standard or misbranded
  • The Pure Food and Drug Act

    It prohibits sales of unbranded and illegal foods. It also created the first food safety and regulation company called the FDA.
  • William Howard Taft

    William Taft became the 27th president of the United States and previously the tenth Chief Justice.
  • The 16th Amendment

    It created income tax that people have to pay.
  • The 17th Amendment

    It made a direct election of United States senators for each state.
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson became the 28th president of the United States and would serve for two terms.
  • Washington D.C. Suffrage Parade

    The parade at Washington D.C. the first suffrage parade. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for women rights
  • The 18th Amendment

    This amendment made it illegal to transport and consume alcohol.
  • The 19th Amendment

    The gave the right for women to vote.

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