Progressive- Keihle Elersic By Alysha Gibson Mar 29, 1875 Supreme Court ruled women were citizens but denied them the right to vote ruled women were citizens but denied them the right to vote Feb 4, 1887 Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act banning rich railroad owners from fixing all the prices, elminating competition Jul 2, 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act was created preventing monoplies making it illegal to establish trusts interferring with free trade Jul 1, 1893 Florence Kelley helped pass the Illinois Factory Act by prohibiting child labor and lowering work hours for women Nov 3, 1896 William McKinley is elected president Aug 5, 1900 McKinley is reelected president Sep 6, 1901 McKinley is assinated making Roosevelt the new president Jan 1, 1904 National child labor committee sent investigators to examine the working conditions for the children Oct 26, 1906 Meat Inspection Act created a strict cleanliness requirement and an inspection program Nov 3, 1908 William Taft is elected president Feb 12, 1909 De Bois helped fund the Nation Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Nov 20, 1910 The Mexican Revolution began Mar 25, 1911 Fire in the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York killing 146 workers, most being young women Nov 5, 1912 Wilson was elected president Apr 8, 1913 The Seventeenth amendment is created allowing direct election of senators Jul 28, 1914 World war I begins Oct 15, 1914 Clayton Antitrust Act is created protecting right of labor unions and farm organizations Nov 7, 1916 Wilson is reelected Jan 16, 1919 The Eighteenth amendment established prohibiting alcohol Jun 4, 1919 The Ninteenth amendment created giving women the right to vote
