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20th Century US History

By Meek03
  • Jane Addams

    Jane Addams
    • Born on September 6, 1860 and died on May 21, 1935
    • Pioneer settlement worker
    • founder of Hull House
    • Leader in woman suffrage & world peace
    • Became a role model for middle class women
    • Won a Noble Peace Prize
    • Maternalist Reform
    • The Settlement House Movement
  • Margaret Sanger

    Margaret Sanger
    • Born on September 14, 1879 and died on September 6, 1966
    • American birth control activist
    • Sex educator
    • Nurse
    • Overturned laws and the founding of International Planned Parenthood
    • Pioneering educator and birth control activist in 1920s
    • Coined the term birth control and opened the first birth control clinic in the United States
  • Teddy Roosevelt

    Teddy Roosevelt
    • Presidency 1901-1909
    • McKinley's successor
    • Known was Progressive Hero
    • Square Deal REFORMS
    • Sherman Anti-Trust Act
    • The Hepburn Act
    • Meat Inspection Act
    • Pure Food & Drug Act
  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft
    • Presidency 1909-1913
    • Roosevelt's hand picked successor
    • Chief Justice of Supreme Court
    • Standard Oil & American Tobacco Company REFORMS
    • Payne-Aldrian Tariff
    • Civil Service Reform
    • 16th Amendment
    • 17th Amendment
  • Woodrow Wilson

    Woodrow Wilson
    • Presidency 1913-1921
    • President of Princeton University
    • Governor of New Jersey REFORMS
    • New Freedom (Progressive Plan)
    • Clayton Anti-Trust Act
    • Federal Trade Act of 1914 TARIFFS
    • Underwood Act
    • Federal Income Tax
    • Federal Reserve Act