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progressive era

  • Booket T. Washington

    Booket T. Washington
    He was an educator and a black elite
  • W. E. B. Dubois

    W. E. B. Dubois
    was an editor of The Crisis
  • Tuskegee Institute

    Tuskegee Institute
    a black landmark that provided education to black students.
  • chinese exclusion act

    chinese exclusion act
    the first law that got passed so America could stop Chinese immigrants from coming over.
  • Interstate commerce act

    Interstate commerce act
    it was an act that showed the problems of railroad monopolies. they did this by setting restrictions and guidelines, so the railroad business could be better.
  • sherman antitrust act

    sherman antitrust act
    a law of Congress passed that prohibits monopolies. It was mainly to have economic fairness.
  • Jane Addams-Hull House

    Jane Addams-Hull House
    A house in Chicago that aided European immigrants.
  • muckrackers

    muckrackers
    journalist during the Progressive era who wanted to expose corruption
  • Plessy V. Ferguson

    Plessy V. Ferguson
    This was a Supreme Court case. The ruling was that segregation laws do not violate the Constitution.
  • McKinley assassinated

    McKinley assassinated
    President William McKinley was assassinated by Leon.
  • coal miner strike- 1902

    coal miner strike- 1902
    lead to labor peace
  • food and drug act

    food and drug act
    after "The Jungle" the govt passed a law that protected consumers from bad food and bad drugs.
  • the jungle published

    the jungle published
    a book that was meant to exploit the worker's factory conditions.
  • federal meat inspection act

    federal meat inspection act
    prevented misbranded meat and meat products to make sure sanitary conditions are safe.
  • Teddy Roosevelt's-Antiquities act

    Teddy Roosevelt's-Antiquities act
    the act that is the law that established sites and lands are important public resources.
  • Teddy Roosevelts - Square deal

    Teddy Roosevelts - Square deal
    a program that reflected his 3 major tasks. conserving natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.
  • taft wins

    taft wins
    Roosevelt publicly announced to be president again
  • NAACP formed

    NAACP formed
    an organization of colored people that discussed concerns that faced the black community.
  • triangle shirtwaist fire

    triangle shirtwaist fire
    A factory in Manhattan that caught fire and was the deadliest industrial fire in Manhattan
  • Wilson Elected

    Wilson Elected
    Thomas Woodrow Wilson was elected president.
  • 17th amendment

    17th amendment
    The people can vote for the senators.
  • Federal reserve act

    Federal reserve act
    legislation that created the Federal Reserve System, introducing a central bank
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    Congress can tax income without having to be based on population.
  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    Clayton Antitrust Act
    prohibits unethical cooperation action.
  • Birth of a nation movie

    Birth of a nation movie
    the first movie that really showed our nation and its birth.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment
    Giving women the right to vote.
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment
    Prohibiting sailing and manufacturing of alcohol unauthorized across America.
  • jim crow laws

    jim crow laws
    they legalized segregation and laws that hurt the black community.
  • Rise of KKK

    Rise of KKK
    The KKK was a group that harmed and threatened the black community. They made it hard for day-to-day- life.