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Progressive era
A span of American history 1820-1920 where numerous groups sought to bring positive changes and regress to society. -
Women’s right convention at Seneca falls
First women’s rights convention in the United states -
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Jim Crow era
A period of time where segregation based on race was legal -
Booker T. Washington publishes “Up from Slavery”
Booker T. Washingtons autobiography -
Theodore Roosevelt became president
He became president after president McKineley was assinated -
W.E.B. DuBois established the Niagara movement
A black civil rights organisation -
The jungle
A 1906 novel written by Upton Sinclair. The oven was written to portray the harsh conditions of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities -
Meat inspection act
A 1906 United States congress act that worked to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat/meat products from being sold as food and too ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions -
Food and drug administration
A federal agency of the United States department of health and human services, one of the United States federal executive departments -
16th amendment
Allows congress to levy taxes -
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William Howard Taft’s presidency
Taft defeated William Jennings Brian in the election of 1908 -
Triangle shirtwaist company
The triangle shirtwaist factory fire in Manhattan, NYC on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one the deadliest in us history. -
17th amendment
States that the U.S. senate will have two senators from each state -
Woodrow Wilson elected president
Wilson defeated Charles Evans in the election. Of 1912 -
Federal reserve act established
Established the federal reserve system as the central Bank of America -
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WW1
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18th amendment
It made alcohol illegal -
19th amendment
prohibiting the government from denying anyone the right to vote based on their gender -
First national election all women could vote