-
NAWSA is founded
National Woman Suffrage Association. It promoted the idea of giving women the right to vote. -
Initiative and referendum system adopted in south Dakota
South Dakota was the first state to adopt the initiative and referendum system. -
Direct Primaries held in Minnesota
Minnesota became the first state to hold a direct primary election. -
Eugene Debs runs for president on Socialist ticket
He ran for president, but was defeated by William McKinley. -
Robert La Follette elected governer of Wisconsin
He was reelected twice. -
Theodore Roosevelt beomes President
Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th president. -
Initiative System Adopted in Oregon
Oregon was the first state to adopt the initiative system. -
National Coal Strike
A strike was held by the United Mine Workers of America. Miners asked for higher wages, shorter workdays, and for their union to be recognized. -
Dead Indian Land Act
Established a procedure to allow the adult heirs of a deceased allottee could sell the heirship lands with approval of the secretary of the interior. -
Reclamation Act
Funded irrigation projects for the land in the West. -
Tarbell and Steffens articles appear in McClure's
-
Elkins Railroad Act
Ended the common practice of the railroads granting rebates to their most valued customers. -
Department of Commerce and Labor is established
A cabinet that focused on controlling the excesses of big businesses. -
W.E.B DuBois' 'The Souls of Black Folk' is published
A classic work of American literature. -
Direct Primary enacted in Wisconsin
Wisconsin became the first state to have a direct primary law. -
Northern Securities Case
The Court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies. -
National Child Labor Committee is Established
The National Child Labor Committe promotes the rights of children who work. -
Lochner vs New York
It concerned the limit on work hours for a baker. The court voted 5 to 4 that the law was necessary. -
IWW is founded.
An international radical labor union. The members are known as "Wobblies." -
Upton Sinclair's 'The Jungle' is published.
The book was written to show the harsh lives of immigrants living in the United States. -
Meat Inspection Act, Pure food and Drug Act, Hepburn Act.
The meat inspection act prevented adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. The Pure food an Drug act provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. The Hepburn Act gave the Interstate Commerce Commissionthe power to set maximum railroad rated. -
Panic of 1907
The failed attempt to corner the market on the United Copper Company's stock led to a string of bank runs and a national panic. -
Muller v. Oregon
Justified both sex discrimination and usage of labor laws during the time period. The vote was unanimously in favor of Muller. -
Taft is elected president.
William Howard Taft became the 27th president of the United States. -
Ballinger-Pinchot Affair
Was a dispute between Gifford Pinchot and Richard Achilles Ballinger that contributed to the split of the Republican party -
NAACP is founded
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. It was a civil rights association for minorities. -
Mann Act
Addressed prostitution and human trafficking. Made it illegal to transport someone between states for the purpose of prostitution. -
Children's Bureau for Department of Labor is established
-
Woodrow Wilson is elected president, Roosevelt runs as Progressive candidate
Woodrow Wilson won the election of 1912. -
Sixteenth Amendment ratified.
Stated congress shall have power to lay and collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several states, and without regard to any census or enumeration. -
Congressional Union is established
This union, led by Alice Paul and Lucy Burns campaigned for an amendment guaranteeing women's rights. -
Seventeeth Amendment Ratified
Established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote. -
Underwood Tariff Act
Re-imposed the federal income tax following the sixteenth amendment and lowered tariff rates. -
Federal Reserve Act
Established the federal reserve system. -
Federal Trade Commision Act, Clayton Anti-trust Act.
The federal trade commision act prohibited unfair and deceptive trade. The Clayton Anti-trust act clarified and supplemented the Sherman Anti-trust act. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act.
This act banned the selling of any products produced in a factory that employed anyone under the age of fourteen. -
Eighteenth Amendment Ratified
The eighteenth amendment prohibited the selling, making, and transporting of beverages that contained alcohol. -
Nineteenth Amendment Ratified
Allowed women the right to vote.
