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The Chinese Exclusion Act was made due to the fear of the Chinese Immigrants "stealing all American jobs", and applied a 10-year ban on Immigration from China. -
The Interstate Commerce Act created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the Rail transport industry, making railroads the first industry to be regulated at the federal level. -
This house is a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, and was co-founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. It was a huge complex and had many buildings as a part of it. -
The Muckrackers were Reform journalists, writers, and photographers who claimed they were exposing corruption and wrongdoings. -
The Sherman Antitrust Act was the first federal act that outlawed monopolies in all industries. -
The Plessy V. Ferguson case kept the Jim Crow Laws constitutional and therefore made segregation still legal. -
This was a campaign slogan for Theodore Roosevelt that consisted of: Conserving Natural resources, Consumer protection, and Control of Corporations. It was aimed at helping Middle-Class Citizens. -
The 25th president of the USA, William McKinley, was shot and killed six months into his term at the Temple of Music, in Buffalo, New York. -
The Coal miner strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania -
The Most Influential, famous, and eye-opening Muckraker book at the time. -
The Food & Drug Act was made after the publishment of "The Jungle" that was to prevent and prohibit unsafe foods, medicines, and drugs from being made, shipped, or consumed. -
This act made it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat products in America. Also makes sure the animals are slaughtered and processed in a clean environment. -
First U.S. act to provide legal protection of cultural and natural resources. -
The Congress shall have the power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without regard to any census or enumeration. -
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory caught fire in Greenwich and became the deadliest industrial accident in the city's history. The fire killed 146 people, who were mostly women and kids, and killed someone as young as 14! -
He won the Election easily and became the first Southerner to do so since 1848. -
Allows voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. Prior to the amendment, senators were chosen by state legislatures. -
32 Presidential Election was held, and Taft beat Theodore BARELY, and Theodore made a 3rd party opposition. -
Congress passed this act to provide stability to the economic system and to oversee monetary policy.