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Jane Addams Hull-House
It provided social and educational opportunities for the working class people in the neighborhood -
Chinese Exclusion Act
First law passes that excluded an ethnic group. It prohibited Chinese laborers to immigrate to the U.S -
Interstate Commerce Act
Law designed to regulate railroads industry -
Muckrakers
Journalists of the Progressive Era that exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Law that regulated the power of monopolies (competition between enterprises) -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Supreme Court case that allowed segregation to happen. Came to be known as " separate but equal" -
McKinley Assassinated
25th President of the United States that was killed in office 6 months into his second term -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
American miners struck for higher wages, less work days,the recognition of their union, and threatened to shut down the coal supply -
Ida Tarbell-"The History of Standard Oil"
Book made by the journalist Ida Tarbell that exposed unfair practices of the Standard Oil Company -
The Jungle Published
Novel made by journalist and novelist Upton Sinclair, that portrait the conditions and exploited lives of the immigrants in the U.S -
Teddy Roosevelt's- Square Deal
President Roosevelt's domestic program which reflected his goals to create a fair honest, and just society -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
Law that makes a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and other meat products -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Law that provided an expeditious means to protect federal lands and resources -
Food and Drug Act
Significant consumer protection law that led to the Food and Drug Administration -
Muller v. Oregon
It upheld an Oregon law limiting female workdays -
Taft Wins
William Howard Taft won the presidential elections of 1908 and became president Roosevelt successor -
16th Amendment
The Congress has the law to collect and lay taxes on income without regard of any census -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in the history of Manhattan, NY. There was 146 deaths and 78 injured -
17th Amendment
Stated that there should be 2 senators of each state elected by the people -
Wilson Elected
Democrat Woodrow Wilson defeated former President Roosevelt in the elections of 1912 -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
It re-established a federal income tax and lowered tariff rates -
Department of Labor Established
Department of the U.S federal government created to be responsible of safety, wages and hours standards, unemployment insurance, etc. -
Federal Reserve Act
Act passed by the U.S Congress that established the central banking system of the U.S -
Federal Trade Commission Act
It outlaws unfair methods of competitions and illegal practices that affects commerce -
Federal Trade Commission
Independent agency of the U.S government that is in charge of the enforcement of civil U.S antitrust law and consumer protection.
