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Sedition Act
It was the first papers explaining what would happen if you commited treason -
Tuskegee Institute
First black private college -
W.E.B. Dubois
Famous civil right activist -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that made it hard for blacks to be able to have a good life in the south -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Stopped the immigration of all Chinese labourers. -
Interstate Commerce Act
It stopped companies from having an monopoly on the railroads -
Jane Addams-Hull House
First place of immigration processing for Europeans -
Booker T. Washington
Famous african american author, and presidential advisor -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Stopped big companies from having an monopoly on commerce -
Plessy V. Ferguson
It created the separate but equal law in the country. -
Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
The KKK is an organization of racists against mostly blacks but really anyone who isnt white -
McKinley Assassinated
He was shot by a crazy man who thought he deserved a job in the government but did not -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
Coal miners went on strike due to not being paid well -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
Created the FDA, The meat inspection, Sanitation, and protection of natural landmarks -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
It was a book that showed how Rockefeller created the standard for the oil companies -
Niagara Movement
A movement of black intellectuals during the civil rights era -
The Jungle Published
It showed how hard immigrant workers had it in Chicago -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Preserved out national forest and other natural landmarks -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Would be the standard for Meat packing plants and would mean that they would be inspected every time meat came through -
Food and Drug Act
It created the standard that food companies would have to follow -
Taft Wins
Henry Taft becomes president -
Muller v. Oregon
Decided that woman's hours should be lesser to their male counterparts -
16th Amendment
Said that there was a federal tax that could be collected on incomes -
NAACP formed
An organization that makes sure black people got proper justice -
Urban League
A housing group formed during the civil rights era -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Deadliest industrial fire in U.S. history -
17th Amendment
Said that each state will have 2 senators -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Re established the federal income tax -
Department of Labor Established
Makes sure that workers are treated fairly and paid appropriately -
Federal Reserve Act
Made sure that all our money was protected and was accredited -
Federal Trade Commission Act
It was just another way to protect the consumer and make sure there was still competition -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Defined what an unethical business practice was and what you could do and couldn't -
Trench Warfare
Was a form of fighting in WWI when you dug a trench and fought from it -
Federal trade Commission
It was to protect the consumers and create competition for producers -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
It is a silent film showing the formation of the KKK -
Lusitania sunk
A british passenger liner that was sunk killing 123 Americans and pushing us towards WWI -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson becomes president -
Zimmerman Telegram
Telegram sent from Germany intended for Mexico that was intercepted by the Brits saying that Mexico should invade the U.S., causing us to join WWI -
Wilson Asks for War
This is when Wilson asked congress to declare war on Germany -
Espionage Act
It was set to punish those who spied on the military and government -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
It was the start of child labor laws in factories -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
The 14 things we need to do as a country and world to insure that war never happens again -
Armistice Day
The day the fighting stopped on the front -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson suffers a stroke and is not able to be president for the rest of his time in office, it is rumored that his wife signed some of the documents for him -
18th amendment
Started prohibition -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
This was when Wilson took the treaty to congress in America for them to sign it which they did not -
Muckrakers
Was a type of journalism that exposed the corruption in American industry -
League of Nations
An international organization that focused on making sure war never happened again -
Versailles Peace Conference
Where the official treaty was signed to end the war and to draw lines as to who owned what. (foreshadowing for WWII) -
19th amendment
Gave the women the right to vote