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Chinese Exclusion Act
Law signed to prohibit all Chinese immigration -
Tuskegee Institute
Private university were George Washington Carver went to -
interstate commerce act
Act requiring railroad rates be fair and just -
Jane Addams Hull House
Community of university women to provide social and educational opportunities for working people -
sherman antitrust act
first act to outlaw monopolistic business practices. -
plessy vs ferguson
laws to make sure segregated facilities are equal -
ida tarbell history of oil
she was one the leaders of the muckrakers -
Booker T Washington
Leader in the African American Community -
WEB Dubois
Socialist,civil rights leader -
Jim Crow Laws
State and local laws that legalized segregation -
McKinley Assassinated
25th president third to be killed -
Coal Miner Act 1902
coal miners got an increase in pay -
Niagara Movement
Civil rights dedicated to social and political change in america -
the jungle publication
A book written about the bad quality of the meat packing industry -
food and drug act
first set of major consumer production laws -
federal meat inspection
makes meat be sold as food ensure proper care and safety of the meat -
teddy Roosevelt square deal
deal to conserve teddys main three C's -
Roosevelt antiquities act
first legal law to protect natural resources -
taft wins
31st president beat William Jennings Bryan -
Mueller vs Oregon
Limited the workday for female workers -
16th amendment
Congress has the power to collect taxes from income -
NAACP formed
civil rights organization to advance justice in america -
Urban League
civil rights organization for economic and social justice -
Triangle shirtwaist fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in US history -
Department of labor established
Branch of government to establish safety and fair conditions. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established to provide economic stability in the United States -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Re established federal income tax and lowered tariff rates -
17th amendment
Senate should be made up from two representatives from each state -
Federal Trade Commision
Independent institution to provide enforcement of civil us antitrust law and prompt consumer protection -
Clayton antitrust act
Act passed for unethical business practices -
Birth of a Nation
movie about two abolitionists who are in the civil war -
Lusitania sunk
Made the United States join into WW1 -
Wilson elected
33rd president elected defeated Charles Evans Hughes -
Zimmerman Telegram
Germans wanted mexico to join their cause in order to gain some land if victorious -
Wilson Asks for War
Asked Congress for joint order for war on the German Empire -
Espionage Act
Made it a crime to in any way share in formation to the opposition in a war -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Federal law regulating child labor the decision was overruled -
Sedition Act
Making it a crime to make false accusations against the united states. -
Trench Warfare
type of warfare were there was not much movement -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Speech by Wilson outlining how to end world war one -
18th amendment
prohibition of alcohol -
Versailles Peace Conference
Established peace at he end of the first world war -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
Senate rejected this treaty to formally end WW1 -
Wilson Stroke
Had a stroke in the middle of a tour to promote the formation of league of the nations -
muckrakers
exposed many large leaders and institutions as corrupt -
Rise of the KKK
ex confederate soldiers against reconstruction in the south -
19th amnedment
Every Citizen now has the right to vote -
League of Nations
Organization that was designed to keep world peace -
Armistice Day
day for the veterans of the US armed forces.
