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W.E.B. Dubois
American Sociologist and Civil rights activist -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Tuskegee Institute
Founded in 1881 -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Prohibited immigration of Chinese laborers. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Law that regulates railroad Industry -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Progressive social settlement aimed for reducing poverty by providing social services -
Muckrackers
Journalist who exposed corrupted leaders -
Booker T. Washington
American Educator and dominant leader in the African American community -
Jungle book Published
A book consisting multiple stories -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Racial segregation laws for public facilities as long as the segregated facilities were equal in quality -
McKinley Assassinated
25th president of the United States assassinated -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
Niagara Movement
Blacks civil rights organization -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
A law that makes it illegal to misbrand meat and products being sold as food. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
First general legal protection of cultural and natural resources -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Series of consumer protection laws -
16th Amendment
Allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. -
Muller v. Oregon
Women were provided by state mandate lesser work-hours than allotted to men. -
NAACP formed
Advancement of colored people -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Deadliest Industry disaster in US history -
Urban League
To enable African-Americans to secure economic self-reliance, parity, power and civil rights. -
Square Deal
Basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Department of Labor
Responsible for occupational safety, wage and hour standards, unemployment insurance benefits, and some economic statistics. -
17th Amendment
The senate shall be composed of 2 senators for every state -
Federal Reserve Act
Created for economic stability -
Revenue Act of 1913
re-established the federal income tax -
Federal Trade Commission Act
Outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Defines unethical Business Practices -
Trench Warfare
A type of land warfare during WW1 -
Federal trade Commission
Dissuade the presence of trust -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Epic dramatic film -
Lusitania sunk
The sinking of the Lusitania ocean liner -
Wilson Elected
1916 presidential election -
Wilson Asks for War
Wilson asked Congress for a declaration of war against Germany -
Espionage Act
Essentially made it a crime for any person to convey information intended to interfere with the U.S. armed forces -
Zimmerman Telegram
Proposed a military alliance between Germany and Mexico -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Outlining his vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again. -
Sedition Act
Deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Legal case in which the Supreme Court of the United States struck down the Keating-Owen Act, which had regulated child labor -
18th amendment
Prohibition of alcohol -
Versailles Peace Conference
To discuss the terms of peace after WW1 -
19th amendment
The right to vote by US citizens shall not be denied or by any state accounted of sex -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
Ending World War I and establishing the League of Nations. -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson suffered from a severe stroke -
Armistice Day
A federal holiday honoring military veterans -
League of Nations
The League of Nations in an international diplomatic group developed after World War I as a way to solve disputes between countries before they erupted into open warfare. -
Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
Group of Causation with their hatred against African American, Catholics, Jews, and immigrants. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Outlawed monopolistic business practices -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
Rise of corporate trust and monopolies
