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Mckinley Assassinated
-Shot in Buffalo, NY by anarchist
-Died from complications days later
-Theodore Roosevelt becomes President -
Coal Strike
-Pennsylvania miners go on strike
-Demand higher wages and less hours
-Threatened a coal shortage
-After sending in military, compromise was reached. -
Food and Drug Act
-Ensured products were labeled correctly
-Stopped poor factory situations affecting food condition
-Regulated caffeine, alcohol, heroin, cocaine, and morphine. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
-Shirtwaist factory catches fire killing 146 people
-Workers trapped in the building due to the doors being locked shut
-Majority of the woman were Eastern Europe immigrants
-Worst industrial tradegy to date
-Led to major factory saftey reforms that fueled the Progressive Era -
Keating-Owens Act
-Opposes child labor
-Makes it illegal for goods produced by children to be shipped across state lines -
Alcohol Prohibition
-18th Amendment created to help corruption and poverty.
-Worked in Southern states, caused problems in North.
-Repealed in 1933 -
Sherman Anti Trust Act
-Put into effect to eliminate monopolies,
-Made it a felony to monopolize, team up, or trade with foreign nations.
-Later led to Clayton Act 1914
