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Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee's program provided students with both academic and vocational training. The students, under Washington's direction, built their own buildings, produced their own food, and provided for most of their own basic necessities. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was the first significant law restricting immigration into the country. The act was signed by President Chester Arthur and posed a 10-year ban on Chinese immigrants. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business. The act became law with the support of both major political parties and pressure groups from all regions of the country -
Jane Addam's Hull-House
Hull House was a settlement house in Chicago, Illinois, that was co-founded in 1889 by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr. Located on the Near West Side of Chicago, Hull House, named after the original house's first owner Charles Jerald Hull, opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
It was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit trusts that was passed by several States with similar laws that were limited to intrastate businesses. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
This was a landmark Supreme Court that ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality, a doctrine that came to be known as "separate but equal" -
Jim Crow Laws
Jim Crow laws were any state or local laws that enforced or legalized racial segregation. These laws lasted for almost 100 years, from the post-Civil War era until around 1968, and their main purpose was to legalize the marginalization of African Americans. -
McKinley Assassinated
McKinley was assassinated from complications from bullet wounds inflicted by Leon Czolgosz who was an anarchist who shot the president during one of his public appearances at the the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York -
Coal Miner Strike of 1902
It was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the Anthracite coalfields of Eastern Pennsylvania. The miners struck for a higher pay, a shorter days work, and recognition of their union. -
The Jungle Published
The Jungle is a fictional novel by American muckraker author Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business in the early 20th century. In 1904 Sinclair spent seven weeks gathering information while working incognito in the meatpacking plants of the Chicago stockyards for the socialist newspaper Appeal to Reason, which published the novel in serial form in 1905. The novel was later published in book format by Doubleday in 1906. -
Roosevelt's Antiquities Act
Roosevelt's act was the first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal lands. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
After "The Jungle," the government passed a law that protected consumers from bad food and bad drugs. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
The Act was to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
W.E.B. Dubois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was an American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist. Born in Great Barrington, Massachusetts, Du Bois grew up in a relatively tolerant and integrated community. -
Taft Wins
Taft wins is the election of 1908. The election had William Taft where he defeated Willian Bryan -
NAACP Formed
The NAACP or National Association for the Advancement of Colored People was established in 1909 and is America's oldest and largest civil rights organization. It was in response to the ongoing violence against Black Americans around the country -
Muckrackers
Muckrakers were journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government. The work of muckrakers influenced the passage of key legislation that strengthened protections for workers and consumers. -
Booker T. Washington
Booker Taliaferro Washington was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. Between 1890 and 1915, Washington was the dominant leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This was a factory fire that was in fact the worst factory fire with a total of 146 deaths and 78 non-fatal injuries. It was the worst fire because of the neglected safety features. -
Wilson Elected
A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. As president, Wilson changed the nation's economic policies and led the United States into World War I in 1917. -
Teddy Roosevelt's-Square Deal
Roosevelt's deal was a domestic program that had three major goals: Conservation of Natural Resources, Control of Corporations, and Consumer Protection. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is legislation in the United States that create the Federal Reserve System. They passed the act to establish economic stability in the U.S. by providing a Central Bank -
16th Amendment
It grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population. -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment modified Article I, Section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act is a piece of legislation, passed by the U.S. Congress and signed into law in 1914, that defines unethical business practices, such as price fixing and monopolies, and upholds various rights of labor. -
The Birth of a Nation Movie
The Birth of a Nation, originally called The Clansman, is a 1915 American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It was the first non-serial American 12-reel film made and it was half plot and half history of the chronicles of the Lincoln Assassination by John Wilkes Booth. -
19th Amendment
Passed by Congress June 4, 1919, and ratified on August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment granted women the right to vote. The 19th amendment legally guarantees American women the right to vote. Achieving this milestone required a lengthy and difficult struggle—victory took decades of agitation and protest -
18th Amendment
Known as the Prohibition Amendment, it prohibited the “manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors” in the United States.