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Rise of KKK
an American white supremacist terrorist hate group founded -
Jim Crow Laws
state and local laws that enforced racial segregation in the Southern United States. -
Tuskegee Institute
Booker T. Washington founded Tuskegee Institute to train African-Americans in agriculture and industry and promote the economic progress of his race. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
prohibits all immigration of Chinese workers -
Interstate Commerce Act
designed to regulate the railroad industry -
Jane Addams-Hull House
goal was for educated women to share all kinds of knowledge -
Sherman Antitrust Act
federal statute that prohibits activities that don't allow interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Supreme court ruled segregation was legal, as long as equal facilities were provided for both races. -
McKinley Assassinated
25th president of the United States, serving from 1897 until his assassination in 1901 in Buffalo NY -
Coal Miner Strike
Miners striked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union. -
Muckrackers
exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
Tarbell exposed unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company, leading to a Supreme Court decision to break its monopoly. -
Niagara Movement
organization of black intellectuals that was led by W.E.B. Du Bois -
The Jungle Published
The novel portrays the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States. -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
It established the first national historic preservation policy for the United States -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
prohibited the sale of adulterated or mis branded livestock and derived products as food -
Food and Drug Act
prohibited the sale of mis branded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce -
Taft Wins
He carried 23% of the national vote and won two states,He was the first Republican to lose the Northern states. -
Muller v. Oregon
Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men -
NAACP formed
civil rights organization in the United States, formed as an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans -
Urban League
historic civil rights organization that advocates of economic and social justice for African Americans and against racial discrimination in the United States. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history -
Teddy Roosevelt’s-Square Deal
domestic program,which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated William Howard Taft and third-party Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the election -
Department of Labor Established
administers federal labor laws to guarantee workers' rights to fair, safe, and healthy working conditions -
Federal Reserve Act
establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
re-established a federal income tax in the United States and lowered tariff rates. -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, -
17th Amendment
provides for the election of senators by replacing the phrase “chosen by the Legislature thereof” with “elected by the people thereof -
Federal trade Commission Act
enforcement of civil U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protection. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
enforced the Clayton Antitrust Act and prevented unfair methods of competition -
Trench Warfare
type of combat in which the opposing sides attack and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground. -
League of Nations
created after the First World War to provide a forum for resolving international disputes. -
Booker T. Washington
the first president and principal developer of Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute, -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
tells the turbulent story of American history -
Lusitania sunk
Lusitania took a direct hit from a German U-boat submarine -
18th amendment
established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States. -
Zimmerman Telegram
a secret diplomatic communication issued from the German Foreign Office -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson asks Congress to send U.S. troops into battle against Germany in World War I. -
Espionage Act
prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
Court struck down a federal law regulating child labor. -
Sedition Act
the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing -
Armistice Day
commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègne, France at 5:45 am -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
Versailles Peace Conference
called to establish the terms of the peace after World War I -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
president of the United States, personally delivered a treaty to the Senate. -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Wilson Stroke
was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president -
W.E.B. Dubois
an American sociologist, socialist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, writer and editor.