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Pendleton Civil Service Act
The Civil Service Act makes it so you can’t earn a job in the federal government based of a merit system not your political affiliation. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act is so Business’s can’t join together to create a monopoly. -
Homestead Strike
The Homestead Strike was to protest a wage cut for steel workers. -
Pullman Strike
The Pullman Strike was to boycott and disrupt rail traffic in the Midwest. -
Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech
The Atlanta speech was to showcase the economic progress in the south since the civil war. -
First Airplane Flight
The Wright brothers made there first brief flight at Kitty Hawk with the first powered aircraft. -
President Roosevelt Election
Theodore Roosevelt ran in the Republican Party and was the 30th president of then United States. -
Pure Food and Drug Act/Meet Inspection Act
The Pure Food and Drug act was the first of many consumer protection laws. -
First Model T Automobile
Was the first production of automobiles in 1908. -
President Taft Election
William Taft ran as a republican and was the 31st President of the United States. -
President Wilson Election
President William ran as a democrat and was elected 33rd President of the United States. -
16th Amendment
It allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population. -
Washington D.C. Suffrage Parade
Was the first suffragist parade in Washington D.C. It was also the first large organized March on Washington for political purposes. -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment was to establish an direct election. -
18th amendment
The 18th amendment prohibited alcohol from the United States. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment prohibits the United States and the states from denying the right to vote from the citizens of the United States.