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Chinese Exclusion Act
Law was passed to keep Chinese laborers from immigrating to the US -
Interstate Commerce Act
Law that was passed to regulate the railroad industry -
Jane Addams-Hull House
a community of university women whose main purpose was to provide social and educational opportunities for working class people -
Sherman antitrust act
Law that increases economic competitiveness -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Racial segregation laws for public facilities -
McKinley Assassinated
He was killed because they thought the government was corrupt -
Coal Miner Strike
They wanted higher wadges and shorter work days. -
Ida Tarbell-" The History of Standard Oil"
Ida wrote this expose on Oil companies for their unfair practices -
The jungle Published
This book was published to show how harsh the conditions were for immigrants. -
Teddy Roosevelt's - Square Deal
three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Federal meat inspection act
They made it a crime to mislabel meat -
Roosevelt - Antiquities Act
response to concerns over theft from and destruction of archaeological sites -
Food and drug act
to remove harmful and misrepresented foods and drugs from the market -
Muller V. Oregon
Limiting work hours for women -
Taft Wins
He established a parcel post service that helped stimulate nationwide commerce and trade. The sixteenth amendment creating a federal income tax was passed. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
The biggest deadly fire in industrial -
Underwood- Simmons Tariff
re-established a federal income tax in the United States and substantially lowered tariff rates -
16th Amendment
allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population -
Department of Labor Established
A department in the government that takes care of unemployment benefits and hourly wadges. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act was passed by the 63rd United States Congress and signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson -
Federal Trade Commission
an independent agency of the US gov whose part is the enforcement of U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection -
Muckrackers
A group of journalists that exposes leaders that are corrupt -
17th Amendment
gives voters the power to directly elect their senators -
Wilson Elected
33rd president to be elected
