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17th Amendment
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19th amendment
denying the right to vote to citizens of the United States on the basis of sex -
sediction act
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Rise of KKK (early 20th century)
this was extended into every southern state in the 1870s. -
Jim Crow Laws
this was laws that enforced racial segregation -
Tuskegee Institute
founded by booker t washington, for students with both academic and vocational training -
Chinese exclusion act
this was a federal law prohibiting all immigrant ions of Chinese labors. -
interstate commerce
this was a law designed to regulate the railroad industry, mainly its monopolistic practices -
Jane Addams-Hull House
this house was opened to serve recently arrived European immigrants. -
Sherman antitrust act
this was an act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies. -
plessy v. Ferguson
a doctrine that was known as the ¨separate but equal¨ -
McKinley Assassinated
he was the 25th president of the us -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
this was a strike by mine workers for bigger wages and shorter work day, the strike threatened to shutdown fuel supply -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
a book written by journalist Ida Tarbell talking about the richest figure in american history. -
Niagara Movement
this was a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group of civil rights activists -
The Jungle Published
this was a novel about the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago. -
Urban League
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Federal Meat Inspection Act
this makes sure that meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
this was an act for the Preservation of American Antiquities -
food and drug act
prohibited the interstate transport of unlawful food and drugs under penalty. -
Muller v. Oregon
women were mandated by the state less working hours then men -
Taft Wins
Taft defeats three-time Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan. -
NAACP formed
to advance justice for African Americans by a group including W. E. B. Du Bois -
16th Amendment
this allows Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states on the basis of population -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
this was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in us history -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
this act believed that the government should use its resources to help achieve economic and social justice. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
this substantially lowered tariff rates -
Department of Labor Established
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Federal Reserve Act
this was an act to provide for the establishment of federal reserve banks. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
the goal was to add further substances to the us antitrust law. -
Federal trade Commission
the mission was the enforcement of civil U.S. antitrust law and the promotion of consumer protectio -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
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Lusitania sunk
this was happening during the first war -
Booker T. Washington
he was a dominant leader in the african american community -
Trench Warfare
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Wilson Elected
this democrectic president defeated charles evans hough a republican runner. -
Zimmerman Telegram
they proposed a alliences that if the United States entered World War I against Germany, Mexico would recover Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico -
Wilson Asks for War
president wood wilson wanted war with germany -
Espionage Act
It was intended to prohibit interference with military operations -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
A case in which the Court deemed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act unconstitutional because Congress does not have control over the commerce of goods -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
this formally ended ww1 -
Wilson Stroke
he has a stroke that stroke that leaves him partially paralyzed on his left side and effectively ends his presidential career. -
18th amendment
established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States -
Versailles Peace Conference
this was called to establish peace -
Muckrackers
he was a journalist who exposed established institutions and leaders as corrupt. -
League of Nations
this was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. -
W.E.B. Dubois
he was a civil rights activist -
Armistice Day
Armistice Day is commemorated every year on 11 November to mark the armistice signed between the Allies of World War I and Germany at Compiègn
