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Booker T. Washington
An American author, orator, educator, and advisor for lots of presidents -
W.E.B. Dubois
An American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil-rights activists, Pan-Africanist, author, writer, and editor -
Tuskegee Institute
Founded in 1881 by Booker T. Washington -
Chinese Exclusion Act
A law that prevented Chinese laborers from immigrating to the United States -
Interstate Commerce Act
Allowed Congress to regulate interstate commerce, mostly towards railroads companies -
Jane Addams-Hull House
The Hull House was built in 1889 and helped the working class get social and educational opportunities in nearby neighborhoods -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A court case where the law, "separate but equal" was argued if it was constitutional or not -
McKinley Assassinated
Was shot twice on the Pan-American Exposition grounds at the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York before dying a few days later -
Coal Miner Strike
Strike by the United Mine Workers of America by demanding higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their Union. They threatened to shut down the winter fuel supply for big American cities -
Teddy Roosevelt's-Square Deal
Provided federal funds for the construction of dams, reservoirs, and canals in the West to help with cheap power -
Ida Tarbell- "The History of Standard Oil"
Exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run by John D. Rockefeller at the time -
The Jungle Published
Exposé of conditions in of the working classes -
Niagara Movement
DuBois and Trotter's mission was to develop an aggressive way of fighting racial inequality -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that put the African Americans in states, mostly Southern, to a disadvantage in many aspects
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Federal Meat Inspection Act
Prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions -
Food and Drug Act
Prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Gives the president the ability to declare lands/sites to be national monuments -
Taft Wins
William H. Taft won against Democrat William Jennings Byran -
Muller v. Oregon
A court case where Oregon had a law which had women work at a maximum of 10 hours and Muller thought that this law violated the 14th amendment -
NAACP Formed
Established in NYC to respond to the violence against African Americans -
Urban League
A civil rights organization that advocates and helps racial discrimination for economic and social justice problems against African Americans -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire in NYC is known as one of the deadliest workplace catastrophes in US history, killing 146 workers -
Wilson Elected
Democrat Woodrow Wilson, from New Jersey, won the 1912 election -
Department of Labor Established
Established to improve the welfare of working people -
Federal Reserve Act
The central banking system of the United States of America -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Re-imposed federal tax and lowered tariff rates -
16th Amendment
Ratified in 1913, it established Congress's right to impose a federal tax income -
17th Amendment
Ratified in 1913, allowing voters to directly vote for US senators, 2 from each state, to serve for 6 years -
Federal Trade Commission
An independent agency that works to enforce the Clayton Anti-trust Act and prevented unfair methods of competition -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Prevents unfair methods of competition in commerce -
Clayton Anti-trust Act
Passed to try to curb the power of trusts and monopolies and maintain market competition -
Trench Warfare
When armies of both sides attack, counterattack, and defend from permanent systems of trenches -
The Birth of a Nation
An American film that was the first blockbuster Hollywood hit -
Rise of the KKK (Early 20th century)
The "new" KKK was not only against African Americans, but also against Jews, Roman Catholics, foreigners, and organized labor -
Lusitania Sunk
During WW1, the German attacked the British steamship, killing 1,195 people, including 128 Americans. This brought the US into WW1 -
Zimmerman Telegram
A telegram from Zimmerman to Eckhardt, offering US territory to Mexico in return for joining the German cause -
Wilson Asks for War
Wilson asks Congress for permission to declare war against Germany -
Espionage Act
Made it a crime if anyone gives information intended to interfere with the US armed forces in a war or to help the enemy -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
A court case on if the Keating-Owen Act was a regulation of Commerce or not -
Sedition Act
Made it a crime to write anything untrue or bad about the US government and expanded the list of crimes from the Espionage Act -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Statement of principles of peace to help with peace negotiations for WW1 -
18th Amendment
Banned the manufacture, transportation, and selling of alcohol -
Armistice Day
To honor those who fought and died for the country -
Versailles Peace Conference
Wilson had presented a treaty to the Senate and addressed the chamber -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson suffers a stroke in October in the white house -
Muckrakers
Reform-minded journalists who exposed established institutions and leaders who are corrupted (1890s-1920s) (Couldn't really find dates) -
19th Amendment
Gives women the right to vote -
League of Nations
An International diplomatic group developed after WW1 to prevent warfare
