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Rise of KKK
Racist terrorist organizations in the U.S. The first was organized by veterans of the Confederate army. -
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee University is a private, coeducational, historically black institution of higher education in Tuskegee, Alabama, U.S. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, which, per the terms of the Angell Treaty, suspended the immigration of Chinese laborers for a period of 10 years. -
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. -
W.E.B Dubois
The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
The goal was for educated women to share all kinds of knowledge, from basic skills to arts and literature with poorer people in the neighborhood. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them. -
Plessy v. Ferguson
Since segregation laws did not provide equal protection or liberties to non-whites, the ruling was not consistent with the 14th Amendment. -
Jim Crow Laws
Mandated racial segregation in all public facilities in the states of the former Confederate States of America and in some others, began in the 1870s. -
Muckrackers
Muckrakers were journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought to expose corruption in big business and government -
McKinley Assassinated
We use the assassination of President McKinley in September 1901 to measure the value of his Presidency to large corporations. McKinley's campaigns were funded by major business interests, and while in office he permitted an unprecedented wave of merger activity without much enforcement of antitrust laws. -
Coal Miner Strike 1902
Anthracite coal miners went on strike to secure better working conditions and higher pay. In the beginning, the mine owners shut down the mine and refused to negotiate. -
The Jungle Published
highlighted the dangerous working and living conditions for families working in the meatpacking industry in early 20th century Chicago and focused on an immigrant family from Lithuania. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
The 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. -
Food and Drug Act
Was passed after, "The Jungle" the government passed a law that protected consumers from bad food and bad drugs. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
enacted 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. -
Taft Wins
With Roosevelt's help, Taft had little opposition to the Republican nomination for president in 1908 and easily defeated William Jennings Bryan for the presidency in that November's election. -
NACP Formed
Formed in 1909 as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Workers in the factory, many of whom were young women recently arrived from Europe, had little time or opportunity to escape. The rapidly spreading fire killed 146 workers. -
Teddy Roosevelt's- Square Deal
Conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands are often referred to as the "three Cs" of Roosevelt's Square Deal. -
16th Amendment
Grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population. -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated incumbent Republican William Howard Taft and third-party nominee Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the 1912 United States presidential election, becoming the first Southerner to do so since 1848. -
17th Amendment
Allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act created the Federal Reserve System, consisting of twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks jointly responsible for managing the country's money supply. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Prohibits anti-competitive mergers, predatory and discriminatory pricing, and other forms of unethical corporate behavior. -
The Birth Of A Nation Movie
The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth and the relationship of the two families in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras over the course of several years. -
Booker T. Washington
A national leader for the betterment of African Americans in the post-Reconstruction South. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. -
19th Amendment
Makes it illegal to deny the right to vote to any citizen based on their sex.