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It prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anticompetitive, and requires the federal government to investigate and pursue trusts, companies, and organizations suspected of being in violation
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Vice President Theodore Roosevelt (Rep) assumes presidency following assassination of McKinley. Teddy becomes the 26th President of the United States of America
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the United States Department of Justice announced plans to file a suit against the company on the behalf of President Roosevelt.Federal government sues the Northern Security Company for anti-trust violations; first major "trust-busting" case
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Hepburn Act (strengthening Interstate Commerce Commission); Pure Food and Drug Act; Meat Inspection Act
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Upton Sinclairís novel, The Jungle, published
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elected president; defeats William Jennings Bryan (Dem) in Bryanís third run for the presidency
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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded
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Income tax established
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Wilson wins with 42 percent of vote, defeating President Taft, who polled only 23 percent; Roosevelt returns from retirement, splits Republican party by forming Progressive (Bull Moose) party, & finishes second (27 percent of vote)
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World War I begins in Europe
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re-elected as president, promising peace
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joins World War I
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banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. later repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933
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prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex.
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symbolic end of "progressive era" and return to "normalcy"
