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Pendleton Civil Service Act
The act mandates that most positions within the federal government should be awarded on the basis of merit instead of political corruption. -
Sherman anti trust act
To try and stop monopolies from getting to big and destroying small businesses -
Homestead strike
was an industrial lockout and strike which began on July 1, 1892, making a battle between strikers and private security agents -
Pullman strike
People wouldn’t ride the railroads because of the low pay and harsh conditions so they went on strike and protested -
Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Georgia speech
On September 18, 1895, Booker T. Washington was selected to give a speech that would open the Cotton States and International Exposition in Atlanta, Georgia -
The first flight
The right brothers would make a plane and fly on December 17th 1903 -
Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act
When killing livestock people have to inspect the meat before it can go to making it into food. They also have to have to have a degree to be making the food and Selling it. -
First model T
the first production Model T Ford is completed at the company's plant in Detroit -
The 1908 Election
President taff won the 1908 election -
The NAACP
W.E.B Dubois founded the NAACP to protest and try and make everyone equal. -
1912 election
President Wilson won the 1912 election -
The 16th amendment
Gave the federal government the power to collect income tax -
The Woman Suffrage Procession
The Woman Suffrage Procession, in 1913, was the first suffragist parade in Washington, D.C. It was also the first large, organized march on Washington for political purposes. The protest was organized by the suffragists Alice Paul and Lucy Burns for the National American Woman Suffrage Association -
The 17th amendment
Established that senators would be directly elected -
Night of terror
W.H. Whittaker, ordered the nearly forty guards to brutalize the suffragists. They beat Lucy Burns, chained her hands to the cell bars above her head, then left her there for the night -
The 18th amendment
You can’t sell trade or buy or manufacture liquor -
The 19th amendment
The 19th amendment gave women the right to vote. It's also called women's suffrage -
1932 election
President roosevelt was elected president