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This law prohibited the immigration of all Chinese laborers.
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This act was written to regulate the railroad industry and the monopoly on it. It did not give the government the power to fix rates.
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Jane Addams' Hull House was a settlement house opened to newly arrived European immigrants.
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This act outlawed monopolies and trusts in the U.S. in order to increase market competitiveness.
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A supreme court decision that upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation.
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President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon Czolgosz who regarded McKinley as a sign of oppression.
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Miners went on strike for higher wages and shorter workdays in the coalfields of Pennsylvania. Their strike threaten to end the supply of electricity to many major cities.
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This book is an expose about John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Company.
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Stated Roosevelt's "three C's": conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
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Upton Sinclair wrote the book The Jungle in order to expose the harsh conditions faced by immigrants as well as the industry in Chicago.
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The Federal Meat Inspection Act was passed in order to regulate the health and safety of the meat sold in the U.S..
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The Antiquities Act established the importance of archaeological sites on public land.
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The Food and Drug Act established significant food consumer laws.
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The court case Muller v. Oregon upheld Oregon that limited women's workday.
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William Howard Taft (Republican) defeats three time Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryant.
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The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was one of the deadliest industrial disaster in the U.S. caused by the unregulated working conditions in the factory.
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The ratification of the 16th amendment allowed Congress to impose a Federal Income Tax.
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The Department of Labor was established in order to regulate working conditions in factories.
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The ratification of the 17th amendment allowed citizens to vote directly for their senators.
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The Underwood-Simmons Tariff re-established a Federal Income Tax as well as significantly lowered tariff rates.
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The Federal Trade Commission was established in order to regulate commerce and prohibit unfair and deceptive acts.
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The Federal Reserve Act established the Federal Reserve Banks and established more supervision of banking in the U.S..
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President Woodrow Wilson (Democrat) was elected against his opponent Charles Evan Hughes (Republican).
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The Federal Trade Commission Act established the Federal Trade Commission.
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Muckrakers were journalist who believed in reform. These journalists exposed institutions and their owners as corrupt.
