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Sherman Antitrust act
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 -
Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt (Rep) assumes presidency following assassination of McKinley. Teddy becomes the 26th President of the United States of America -
Northern Security Company
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 -
Regulatory laws enacted by federal government
Hepburn Act (strengthening Interstate Commerce Commission); Pure Food and Drug Act; Meat Inspection Act -
Muckrakers
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The Jungle
Upton Sinclairís novel, The Jungle, published -
William Howard Taft
elected president; defeats William Jennings Bryan (Dem) in Bryanís third run for the presidency -
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) founded -
16th Amendment
Income tax established -
Woodrow Wilson
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) -
WWI
World War I begins in Europe -
Wilson
re-elected as president, promising peace -
United States
joins World War I -
WWI Ends
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18th Amendment
banned the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol. later repealed by the 21st Amendment in 1933 -
Prohibition
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Suffrage
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19th Amendment
prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. -
Warren Harding
symbolic end of "progressive era" and return to "normalcy"
