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Booker T. Washington
Born in Virginia as a Slave, advisor to many presidents. Also was the president of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute and renown spokesman for African Americans. -
Rise of the KKK
White supremacist hate group, targeting African Americans, Jews, and homosexuals. Killed many African Americans through hanging. -
W.E.B. Dubois
He was extremely important in the Civil Rights movement and helped found the NAACP. -
Jim Crow Laws
Southern segregation laws. Kept African Americans out of office, led by the democrats. -
Tuskegee Institute
Private University founded by Booker T. Washington. in Alabama. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
-Occurred between Great Britain and China. Left China in debt, and suspended immigration.(enabled naturalization) -
Interstate Commerce Act
- Produced fixed railroad rates that were "resonable and just". It effected the monopoly of the railroad systems.
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Sherman Antitrust Act
-Created to regulate commerce and trade. Helps to control the marketing competition. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
- Public facilities were introduced as "separate but equal".
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McKinley Assassinated
-Shot in Buffalo, New York. He was the 25th president of the United States, serving his second term. -
Coal Miner Strike
In Eastern, Pennslyvania, coal miners protest for shorter days, safer conditions, union recognition and higher pay. -
Muckrackers
-Journalists who wrote to expose coporate, labor, and political corruption. This was the stat of investigative journalism. -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
Book written to expose the labor and conditions of standard oil companies. This exposed people like John D. Rockefeller, and their busiesses. -
Niagara Movement
Black civil rights movement led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. -
The Jungle Published
Written by Upton Sinclair, to bring to attention the rough living conditions of immigrants and their many struggles. -
Antiquities Act
Passed by Theordore Roosevelt, it gives the president the ability to give proclaimations. They also help decide what monuments would be put on new places, usch as in National Parks. -
Food and Drug Act
This was the first food consumer protection act that helped protect people against mislabeling and keeping food safe for consumption. This is also why the book "The Jungle" was written. This was only the beginning of consumer protection laws. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
This law ensures that the meat consumed has been slaughtered, proccessed, and sanitzed and is safe for consumption. Makes every meat for consumption be labeled for your protectedion. This act was signed by president Theodore Roosevelt . -
Muller v. Oregon
The case where women received fewer hours than men, and it was gender discrimination. -
Taft Wins
William Howard Taft becomes the 31st president -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was founded during the civil rights movement to end discrimination. Founded by W.E.B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, and Ida B. Wells -
Urban League
Oldest community organization for African American people. Fought for economic and social injustice in New York. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
One of the deadliest fires in U.S. History; in Manhattan, Newyork. Killing 146 workers in the factory. -
17th Amendment
Helped to establish the popular vote for office. -
16th Amendment
Permits a federal income tax. -
Department of Labor Established
Helped to improve the working conditions and increase the wages of workers. It helped to ensure profits and rights. -
Square Deal
Created by President Theodore Roosevelt, to maintain control of consumer protection, cooporate control, and natural resources. Most beneficial to the middle class, Helped protect the middle class from plutocracy. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Bill passed by Underwood-Simmons. It helped to lower the tariff rates by increasing the federal income tax. -
Federal Reserve Act
Helped to ensure monetary security to the people. creating a central banking system. -
Trench Warfare
War tactic used to fight, troops lived in the trenches. It spread disease and was dangerous. Created a stalemate in the war. -
Federal trade Commission
Helped to protect the consumer, and enforce antitrust laws. It helped to protect against monopolies in businesses. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Helped to clarify ad uphold the ShermanAntitrust Act. It was designed to protect against greed and to protect companies and consumers. -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Prevents unfair methods of competition. Signed by Woodrow Wilson -
The Birth of a Nation
A silent film by D. W. Griffith and it was originally called "the clansman." -
Lusitania sunk
During WWl Germany waged a blockade on submarine warfare and ships. On this ocean liner, 1,198 people died. They were killed by Germany's torpedos. -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson became the 33rd president of the United States. Attempted to keep the U.S. out of the war. -
Zimmerman Telegram
Intercepted message sent from Germany to Mexico to build an Alliance. This was intercepted by Britain. Germany was going to help Mexico acquire the border states, such as Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico. -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson declares war on Germany and plans to send troops there in WWl. He asks congress and then they proceed to declare war 4 days later. -
Espionage Act
Made it a criminal offense to obstruct against getting rid of war, or supporting the enemies. For example, turning over information to the enemy. -
18th amendment
Prohibits the sale of alcohol, the only amendment repealed. -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
The Case that enforced the regulation of Child Labor. -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
President Woodrow Wilson made a 14-point speech about peace.
He wanted to pave a path of peace and keep that peace in a treaty. -
Sedition Act
It was an extension of the espionage act, that also prohibited the speech against war. -
Armistice Day
The day of the signed armistice between Allies and Germany during WWl. Commemorates the living and the dead veterans, creating veterans' day. Also like a peace agreement, similar to the Treaty of Versailles. (poppy's used to represent and celebrate). -
Versailles Peace Conference
Also known as the Paris Peace Conference. This was the meeting of the Allied Forces, to decide on peace agreements and war reparations. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
President Woodrow Wilson introduced this to the Senate, and it ended the League of Nations and WWl. The peace treaty was ratified ending ar between Germany and the allied forces. -
Wilson Stroke
Woodrow Wilson has a stroke while promoting the league of Nations and has to cut his campaigning for it short. Affected foreign policy. -
League of Nations
Group organization of world leaders, to held uphold world peace. Shut down on Apr 18, 1946. Replaced with what is now known as the United Nations. -
19th amendment
Women's right to vote ratifies women's suffrage. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
House for newly arrived immigrants owned by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Star.
