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Homestead Act of 1862
Citizens were given a plot of 160 acres and were allowed to live on it as long as they paid a registration fee and promised ti improve the land and thrive off of it. -
Muckrakers
Reform-minded journalists who exposed institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
It was a law that restricted Chinese immigrants entering the US. -
Booker T. Washington
An American educator, author, orator, and adviser to multiple presidents. -
Socialist Party
Group who wanted to stabilize income and equality for the citizens. They mainly tried to reform American economical policies and end capitalism. -
Teddy Roosevelt
He presidency lasted from 1901 to 1909. He established almost double of the amount of national parks at the time, and set up wildlife sanctuaries. -
Niagara Movement
a civil-rights group near Niagara Falls dedicated to social and political change for African Americans. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
The first general legal protection of cultural and natural resources in the US. -
Meat Inspection Act of 1906
Congress passed an Act where meat being processed in facilities and coming from factories would be checked and inspected due to prior bad conditions. -
Food and Drug Act
The first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which checked and made sure food was good for consumption. -
Muller v. Oregon
A landmark decision by the US Supreme Court where women were given lesser work-hours than allotted to men. -
Taft Wins
The 1908 United presidential election was the 31st quadrennial presidential election. Taft defeated three-time Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan. -
NAACP
A civil rights organization that works as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans. -
16th Amendment
That the Congress has the power to collect taxes on income, from whatever source. -
Urban League
a nonpartisan historic civil rights organization that advocates on behalf of economic and social justice for African Americans and against racial discrimination in the US -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
A fire which was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. -
17th Amendment
The Senate will be composed of two elected Senators from each state, and will serve for 6 years. -
Woodrow Wilson
His presidency ran from 1913 to 1921. He led a progressive movement by fighting for central governments and leveled out the playing field for national and state governments. -
Federal Reserve Act
It established economic stability in the US by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
A piece of legislation passed by the Congress that defines unethical business practices. -
Federal trade Commission
an independent agency whose main mission is to protect consumers and enforce civil antitrust laws. -
Trench Warfare
A type of combat in which opposing troops fight from trenches facing each other. -
Lusitania Sank
British ocean liner that was sunk by a German U-boat, killing 1,198 people on board out of the 1,959 -
Zimmerman Telegram
a telegram offering America territory in Mexico, in return for joining the German cause. -
Espionage Act
Basically made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces prosecution of the war effort or to promote the success of the country's enemies. -
Sedition Act
An act permitting the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the US. -
18th Amendment
The prohibition of transporting and consuming alcohol in the US. -
League of Nations
the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
The 19th Amendment
Women gained their rights and the right to vote. -
Jim Crow Laws
State and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. -
First Transcontinental Railroad
The first railroad that had reached from the east coast to the west coast was built.
