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Susan B. Anthony
American Social Reformer, played an important role in Woman Suffrage -
Andrew Carnegie
Scottish American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. -
Eugene V. Debbs
American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Clarence Darrow
American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union -
Theodore Roosevelt was born
He was born in Manhattan, New York City, NY -
William Jennings Bryan
He was a dominant force in the populist wing of the Democratic Party, standing three times as the Party's candidate for President of the United States -
Jane Addams
pioneer American settlement social worker, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in women's suffrage and world peace -
Homestead Act
made public lands in the West available to settlers without payment, 160 acres -
Ida B. Wells
African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, and an early leader in the civil rights movement -
Upton Sinclair
American author who wrote nearly 100 books in many genres. He achieved popularity in the first half of the twentieth century, acquiring particular fame for his classic muckraking novel, The Jungle -
Haymarket Riot
It was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration -
Dawes Act
he President of the United States to survey American Indian tribal land and divide it into parts for individual Indians -
Rough Rider, and Governer
He volunteered as Cavalry in Rough Riders, which he led in a charge up San Juan Hill in the Battle of San Juan Heights, in 1898. A war hero, and nominated for the Medal of Honor, Roosevelt was elected governor of New York in 1898 -
Klondike Gold Rush
It was known as Alaska gold rush, 100,000 people went for the gold -
President
After President McKinley got assisinated, Theodore Roosevelt became the president after he died. He became the youngest president at age 42. -
Panamal Act
Established of the Panamal Canal -
Susan B. Anthony Death
Death -
Pure Food and Drug Act
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Pure Food and Drug Act
Provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of food products and poisonous patent medicines. -
End of Presidential Term
He left the President chair to William HowardnTaft. -
16th Amendment
allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states -
17th Amendment
Allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. Prior to its passage, Senators were chosen by state legislatures -
Federal Reserve Act
It stood as an example of compromise—a decentralized central bank that balanced the competing interests of private banks and populist sentiment -
18th Amendment
Prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States by declaring illegal the production, transport and sale of alcohol -
Andrew Canergie Death
Death -
19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote -
Teapot Dome Scandal
Edwin Denby persuaded the president to transfer responsibility of some of the Navy Department’s oil reserves to the Department of the Interior. -
William Jennings Bryan
Death -
Eugene V. Debbs Death
Death -
Janne Addams Death
Death -
Clarence Darrow Death
Death -
Upton Sinclair Death
Death