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Sedition Act
Permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat, or publishing false, scandalous, or malicious writing against the US government -
Rise of the KKK
An American white supremacist, terrorist hate group founded by southerners opposed to Reconstruction after the Civil War -
Jim Crow laws
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation in most of the southern US. Enacted after the Civil War -
Booker T. Washington
American educator, author, orator, and advisor to several presidents. Founded the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute -
Tuskegee Institute
A private, historically black land-grant university in Tuskegee, Alabama. Designate as a historical site by National Park Service -
Chinese Exclusion Act
United States federal law signed by Chester A. Arthur in 1882, prohibiting the immigration of all Chinese laborers -
Interstate Commerce Act
US federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry and it's monopolistic activities. -
Jane Addams Hull House
One of the first social settlements in North America, co-founded by Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr -
Sherman Anitrust Act
A law that prescribes the rule of free competition among those in the economy -
Plessy v.s Ferguson
Landmark decision of the US Supreme Court. Court ruled that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S Constitution as long as the facilities for each race were equal in quality -
McKinley Assassinated
The 25th president of the United States was shot in New York, six months into his second term -
Coal Miner Strike
The United Mine Workers of America went on strike for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their Union -
Ida Tarbell
She founded the American Magazine in 1906, writing a series of articles about John D. Rockefeller and his Standard Oil Trust -
Niagara Movement
Black civil rights organization formed by a group of activists. Demanded equal economic and educational opportunity, and rights to vote -
Muller v.s Oregon
A court case where it was considered whether a state could limit the hours in which a woman could work, while not limiting those of men -
"The Jungle" Published
A novel by Upton Sinclair. The book portrays the harsh lives and the exploitation of immigrants in Chicago and other cities -
Muckrakers
Journalists in the United States Progressive Era who expose established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Roosevelt- Antiquities Act
The first US law to provide general protection for any kind of cultural or natural resource -
The Food and Drug Act
Prohibited the sale of mis-branded or adulterated food and drugs in commerce. Foundation for the first consumer protection agency -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat products sold as food. Ensures meat and meat products strictly regulated under sanitary conditions -
W.E.B Dubois
A proponent of Pan-Africanism and helped organize several Pan-African congresses to fight for the independence of African colonies -
NAACP Formed
Civil rights organization formed as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans -
Urban League
Formerly known as the National League on Urban Conditions Among Negroes. Nonpartisan historic civil rights organization, advocating for justice -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city and the United States. -
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Domestic program that reflected his three major goals. natural resource conservation, corporation control, and consumer protection -
16th Amendment
Passed by Congress in 1909, then ratified Feb. 1913, effectively overruling the Supreme Court -
Department of Labor Established
Established in response to years of lobbying by organized labor for a voice in the federal government -
17th Amendment
Gave people the right to vote for their senators, called direct election, where the people choose who is in office. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Re-established a federal income tax in the United States and substantially lowered tariff rates -
Federal Reserve Act
Passed by Congress and signed into law by Woodrow Wilson. Created the Federal Reserve System and central banking system -
Trench Warfare
A type of land warfare using fighting lines in military trenches where troops are protected from small fire and heavy artillery -
Federal Trade Commission
Independent agency of the US, administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair market competition -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Empowers the agency to investigate and prevent unfair methods of competition, and unfair or deceptive acts affecting commerce -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Part of the United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance the the regime. -
The Birth of a Nation
The longest and most-profitable film produced then, and the most artistically advanced for its day. Secured the future for feature-length films -
Lusitania Sunk
Sunk by a German torpedo off of the Irish coast. It was the fasted and most luxurious passenger ship to have sailed, and was believed to be invulnerable like the Titanic -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson defeated the Republican nominee in the presidential election -
Zimmermann Telegram
The note read that if Germany and the US went to war, Germany promised to help Mexico recover territory that was lost in the 1800's. -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request war on Germany. Two days later, the US Senate voted in support -
Espionage Act
Prohibited obtaining information, recording or taking pictures, or copying descriptions of any information relating to national defense -
Hammer v.s Dagenhart
Supreme Court decision in which the Court struck down a federal law regulating child labor. Overruled by US v.s Darby Lumber Co -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
The Fourteen points were a proposal made by President Wilson in a speech before Congress that outlined his vision for ending WW1 in a way that would prevent it from occurring again -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
The Senate had rejected the treaty, which formally ended WW1, in part because President Wilson had failed to take the senators objections into consideration -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors, and ratified by the states. The prohibition of alcohol movement started in the early nineteenth century -
Versailles Peace Conference
The creation of the League of Nations and five peace treaties with the defeated states, and awarding of German and Ottoman overseas possessions as mandates -
Wilson Stroke
President Woodrow Wilson suffered from a stroke that had left him incapacitated until the end of his presidency in 1921 -
Armistice Day
Commemorated on Nov. 11th to mark the Armistice signed between allies of WW1 and Germany -
League of Nations
The first worldwide intergovernmental organization created after WW1 to provide a forum for resolving international disputes and achieving world peace -
19th Amendment
Came to be known as the Susan B. Anthony amendment. This amendment guaranteed the right to vote for all american women