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17th Amendment
United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State -
Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
Group of white supremacist reated to torment and hurt/kill black people. -
W.E.B. Dubois
American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor -
Jim Crow Laws
state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the South -
Tuskegee Institute
Private historically black university in Alabama. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
The Chinese Exclusion Act was a law passed that prohibited Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Law aimed to regulate the railroad industry that was mainly aimed at monopolistic practices. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Settlement house in Chicago. -
Muckrackers
Reform-minded journalists that were present during the Progressive Era. -
Booker T. Washington
born into slavery and rose to become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century, founding Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in 1881 and the National Negro Business League two decades later. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Law regulating competition among enterprises. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A Supreme Court ruling that allowed segregation as long as it was made "equal." -
McKinley Assassinated
The assassination of the 25th president. -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
Strike done by United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
It is an expose written about the oil company run by John D. Rockefeller. -
Niagara Movement
a civil-rights group founded in 1905 near Niagara Falls -
The Jungle Published
A novel that was written to show the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
A law that makes it illegal to misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
It is a law protecting historic, prehistoric, and scientific features on public land. -
Food and Drug Act
Consumer protection law passed by Congress. -
Muller v. Oregon
Women were provided by state mandates lesser work-hours than men. -
Taft Wins
27th President of the US -
NAACP formed
an interracial group created for justice of African Americans. Included W. E. B. Du Bois, Mary White Ovington, Moorfield Storey, and Ida B. Wells -
16th Amendment
right to impose a Federal income tax -
Urban League
An organization based in NY that advocates for black people. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
One of the deadliest industrial incidence causing death to 146. -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
re-established a federal income tax in the United States -
Department of Labor Established
Level in the government responsible for safety, wage, hours, unemployment benefits, and reemployment services. -
Federal Reserve Act
The 1913 Federal Reserve Act is U.S. legislation that created the current Federal Reserve System -
Federal Trade Commission Act
prevent unfair methods of competition in commerce -
Clayton Antitrust Act
defines unethical business practices, such as price-fixing and monopolies, and upholds rights of labor. -
Trench Warfare
type of land warfare using occupied fighting lines largely comprising military trenches -
Wilson Asks for War
Woodrow Wilson asked Americans to remain impartial toward the war in Europe -
Federal trade Commission
Primary mission is to enforce of civil U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
"American silent epic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish." -
Lusitania sunk
the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Lusitania -
Wilson Elected
33rd Presidential election. -
Zimmerman Telegram
secret diplomatic communication started by the german foreign office -
Espionage Act
"prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information may be used for the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation." -
18th amendment
prohibition of alcohol -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
federal law regulating child labor. -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
statement of principles used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
Sedition Act
Punished anyone writing negative articles or malicious articles against the government. -
Armistice Day
A federal holiday to honor military veterans -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended World War I -
Versailles Peace Conference
Conference made to determine peace after WWI -
Wilson Stroke
They day Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke -
League of Nations
group developed after World War I to solve disputes between countries -
19th amendment
prohibits the states and the federal government from denying the right to vote to citizens
