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Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909) 26th President of the United States
Led America toward progressive reforms and strong foreign policy -
Coal Strike
150,000 mine workers went on strike after mine operators refused to give them higher wages and shorter hours. The strike ended when President Roosevelt used his authority to arbitrate the dispute between management and laborers -
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act made it illegal for railroad companies to take and give secret rebates -
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) founded
Laborers from across the U.S. united with labor leader William D. "Big Bill" Haywood and other radicals in 1905 to form the Industrial Workers of the World "the Wobblies" a radical and confrontational union that welcomed all workers regardless of race or gender. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
resulted from the publication of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle, Congress moved to prevent the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, or poisonous food, drugs, medicines, or liquors. -
Hepburn Railroad Regulation Act
The Hepburn Railroad Regulation act gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to set maximum freight rates. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act called for the Federal inspection of meats destined for interstate commerce -
William Taft (1909-1913) 27th President of the United States
He also became the tenth Chief Justice of the United States and was the only person to have held both offices -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of New York and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The fire killed 145 workers and brought attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories and led to laws and regulations to protect the safety of workers. -
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921) 28th President of the United States
Led the United States into World War I -
16th Constitutional Amendment
Established the Federal Income Tax -
17th Constitutional Amendment
Direct election of U.S. Senators -
Espionage Act of 1917
This act imposed stiff penalties for anti-war activities. -
Sedition Act of 1918
This act prohibited speech, writing, and behavior that might incite, provoke or encourage resistance to the U.S. or promote cause of its enemies -
19th Constitutional Amendment
prohibited any U.S. citizen from being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex -
18th Constitutional Amendment
made the production, transportation, and sale of alcohol illegal
