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Chinese Exclusion Act
This act prevented Chinese workers from moving to the US. This was the first act to remove a whole ethnic group. c -
Interstate Commerce Act
This was a law to regulate railroads, as they were charging whatever they wanted, and no one could afford it. This helped make some rates 'reasonable and just', but did not empower the government to fix certain rates. -
Jane Addams-Hulls House
Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr rented an abandoned residence at 800 South Halsted Street that had been built by Charles G. Hull in 1856 for the purpose of educating and socializing immigrants. -
Muckrackers
Reform minded journalists in the Progressive Era. They exposed the corruption in large business and had large popular audiences. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act outlawed trusts, monopolies and cartels, between companies. This increased competitiveness. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
Stated, 'separate but equal', to which meant that African Americans were people too, but had to be in other places than white people. A man named Homer Plessy sat in a train car for whites, and refused to move, hence this decision by supreme Court. -
President McKinley Assassinated
The president was assassinated six months into his second term. -
Coal Strike of 1902
There was a coal miner strike in 1902 from May to October. The miners fought for higher pay, shorter days, and recognition from their union -
Ida Tarbell - "The History of Standard Oil"
This was written by Ida Tarbell, to expose the oil company, which was run by Rockefeller at the time. -
The Jungle
This was a book written by the journalist Upton Sinclair, which was written to expose the lives and the exploitation of immigrants. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
This was an act to force distributors to sell their meat without lying about what it was and to have the animals slaughtered in safe and sanitary conditions. -
Roosevelt's Antiquities Act
Protection of cultural and natural resources. -
Food and Drug act
This was a series of laws that was meant to protect the people from harmful things in food and drugs given to them. -
Muller vs. Oregon
This was a woman's rights movement about their work hours, in which the government limited. -
Taft Wins
William Howard Taft won the 1908 election against William Jennings Bryan. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This was a fire in a factory building, in which lots of people died due to the height of the building. The fire ladders could not reach the higher floors, and lots of people died. -
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
The Square Deal was President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, which reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Wilson Elected
In the 1912 election, Woodrow Wilson was elected president -
Department of Labor
The development of this union was to improve the welfare of the working people. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
Revenue act of 1913. Reestablished income tax and lowered tariff rates. -
16th Amendment
Passed by Congress on July 2, 1909, and ratified February 3, 1913, the 16th amendment established Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax. -
17th Amendment
17th Amendment gives voters the power to directly elect their senators. It also states that the U.S. Senate includes two senators from each state, and that each senator has one vote in the Senate. Senators are elected for six-year terms. -
Federal Reserve Act
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Federal Commission Act
Outlaws unfair methods of competition and unfair acts or practices that affect commerce -
Federal Trade Commission
Protected and enforced law and consumer protection.
