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W.E.B Dubois
Civil rights activist and founder of the NAACP -
Tuskegee Institute
Founded by Booker T. Washington, it provided vocational education for African Americans -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The first significant ban that prevented immigrants from entering the US which put a 10-year ban on Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Set the guidelines on how railroad monopolies could do business. -
Jane Addams - Hull House
The Hull House helped establish child labor laws, women's suffrage, workmen's compensation, and other hallmarks of the Progressive Era. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
First Federal Act that outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Booker T. Washington
Prominent African American educator and leader of the Tuskegee Institute -
Jim Crow Laws
Racial segregation laws that enforced discrimination against African Americans -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A Supreme Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the US Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quantity. 'Separate or Equal" -
McKinley Assassinated
President William McKinley died after complications with bullet wounds from Leon Czolgosz. -
Coal miner strike
A nationwide coal miner strike which demanded better working conditions and higher wages -
Ida Tarbell's 'The History of Standard Oil'
A book that exposed the monopolistic practices of standard oil -
Niagara Movement
Civil rights organization that fought for equal rights for African Americans -
'The Jungle' Published
This book exposed the working conditions of Chicago Stockyards -
Teddy Roosevelt - Square Deal
This was a book about his domestic program -
Muckrakers
Journalists who exposed corruption and social issues -
Roosevelts Antiquities Act
An act that allowed the president to designate national monuments -
Food and Drug Act
After 'The Jungle' the gov't passed a law that protected consumers from dirty/bad food and drugs -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
A law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food -
Muller v. Oregon
This supreme court case upheld an Oregon law limiting women's work hours -
NAACP formed
National Association for the Advancement of colored people -
Urban League
Organization that focused on economic empowerment an social equality for African Americans -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
A fire broke out at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City, killing 146 people. This is the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. -
Taft Wins
Taft wins the presidential election against Roosevelt -
Wilson elected
Woodrow wilson was elected -
Department of labor established
A department that focuses on labor issues and promotes workers rights -
Federal reserve act
created the central banking system in the us -
Underwood Simmons Tariff
Reduced tariffs on imported goods to promote trade -
16th amendment
gave congress the power to levy an income tax -
17th amendment
allowed for the direct election of senators -
federal trade commission act
established the Federal Trade Commission to prevent unfair business practices -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Strengthened antitrust laws to prevent monopolies and promote fair competition -
Trench warfare
Military strategy used in WWl by fighting in trenches -
The Birth of a Nation
Controversial film that portrayed the KKK in a positive light -
Lusitania Sunk
British ship sunk by a German submarine -
Wilson asks for war
President Wilson aks congress to declared war on Germany -
Zimmerman Telegram
A secret message was sent by Germany to Mexico about asking Mexico to join WWl -
Espionage Act
Made it illegal to interfere with military operations or support US enemies during wartime -
Rise of the KKK
The Ku Klux Klan which promoted white supremacy -
Sedition Act
Restricted freedom of speech during wartime to prevent dissent and anti-war sentiment -
Wilsons 14 points
outlined a strategy for ending the war -
Armistice Day
The day when WWl hostilities ceased -
18th amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages -
Wilsons stroke
President wilson suffered a stroke -
Versailles Peace Conference
meeting of the allied victors to set peace terms for the defeated central powers -
Treaty of Versailles
ended WWl but blamed Germany entirely -
19th amendment
Women can vote -
League of Nations
International organizations aimed at promoting peace