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Progressive Era

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  • Chinese Exclusion Act

    Chinese Exclusion Act
    Law that was passed to prevent Chinese laborers from immigrating to the U.S.

  • Interstate commerce act

    Interstate commerce act
    A law that was used to regulate the industry of railroads.

  • Jane Addams- Hull house

    Jane Addams- Hull house
    It provided education and social opportunities for the working class.

  • Muckrackers

    Muckrackers
    Reform-minded journalists in the Progressive Era who published misdeeds and exposed leaders as corrupt

  • Plessy v. Ferguson

    Plessy v. Ferguson
    The law for racial segregation public facilities.

  • Antitrust act

    Antitrust act
    The concentrations of power that interfere with trade and reduce economic competition