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Progressive Era

  • pendleton civil service act

    pendleton civil service act

    basis of merit system.
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    The first federal act that outlawed monoply.
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    Progressive Era

  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike

    Widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States
  • Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech

    Booker T. Washington's Atlanta Compromise Speech

    Booker T. Washington was selected to give a speech that would open the Cotton States. The speech was the first speech given by an African American
  • president Roosevelt

    president Roosevelt

    he was the president of 1901
  • First airplane flight

    First airplane flight

    Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft
  • pure food and drug act meat inspection act

    pure food and drug act meat inspection act

    significant consumer protection. it made sure people were safe about what they were eating.
  • First Model T automobile

    First Model T automobile

    Ford built the first T automobile car in 1908 and it definitely helped people get around a lot faster on the road.
  • 16th amendment

    16th amendment

    The origin of the income tax on individuals. Pay your taxes to the government !!
  • President Taft

    President Taft

    he was the 27th president. He was the civilian governer of the Philippines.
  • Founding of the NAACP by W.E.B. DuBois

    Founding of the NAACP by W.E.B. DuBois

    The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
  • 17th amendment

    17th amendment

    Constitution by allowing voters to direct votes for U.S. Senators
  • President Wilson

    President Wilson

    president in 1913-1921 and was the progressive movement.
  • Washington, D.C. Suffrage parade

    Washington, D.C. Suffrage parade

    It was the first sufferage in Washington DC. It was for women’s suffrage.
  • Ludlow Massacre

    Ludlow Massacre

    Mass killing during a Colorado event. It was a striking on the coal miners and their families.
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment

    Ended the increasingly unpopular nationwide prohibition of alcohol.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    it provided the chance for women to vote.