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Women’s Right Convention at Seneca Falls
The launch of the women’s suffrage movement -
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Jim Crow Era
This era was when segregation laws were in place. -
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Progressive Era
A time where industry’s were booming -
Booker T. Washington publishes "Up From Slavery"
BTW was a black activist, author and advisor to many Presidents -
Theodore Roosevelt becomes President
He was Vice President. But McKinley was assassinated and TR had to step in. -
W.E.B DuBois established the Niagra Movement
A black civil rights organizations -
Publication of “The Jungle” by Upton Sinclair
This book talks about the horrors that, mostly, immigrant workers go through in meat factories. Sinclair wanted people to realize the awful things that were happening and how disgusting there meat actually was. -
Passage of the Meat Inspection Act
This law made sure that were was some sanitation in the meat factories -
Creation of the FDA
The FDA was there to certify the cleanliness of the food -
William Howard Taft's Presidency
Taft defeated Williams Jennings Bryan -
16th Amendment Ratified
Congress’s right to impose tax -
Triangle Shirtwaist Company Tragedy
A terrible fire cause several people to die due to the horrible safety measures taken -
17th Amendment Ratified
Allowed citizens to vote directly vote for senators -
Woodrow Wilson elected President
Wilson defeated TR and Taft in the 1912 becase the latter two spit the Vote -
The Federal Reserve Act established
The Central Banking System -
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WWI
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18th Amendment Ratified
This prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of liquors for drinking -
19th Amendment Ratified
This brought women closer to voting -
Ratification of the 19th amendment
Granted women the right to vote -
First National All American Women Could Vote