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Booker T. Washington
An American educator, author, advisor, and orator to several presidents -
W.E.B Dubois
An American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-African civil rights activist -
Tuskegee Institute
First institution for higher learning for African Americans -
Chinese exclusion act
The government banned Chinese immigrants from becoming U.S citizens for a 10-year time period -
Interstate Commerce Act
Set guidelines on how railroads could do business -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Jane Addams was the co-founder of the Hull House which was a settlement house with a summer camp and the Bowen Country Club -
Sherman Antitrust Act
antitrust law that prescribes the rule of free competition among those engaged in commerce -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A case where the government said that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S constitution -
McKinley Assassinated
William McKinley was assassinated in the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in New york -
Teddy Roosevelt's- Square Deal
a program, which reflected Teddy Roosevelt's three major goals. conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection -
Coal Miner Strike-1902
Strike that Coal miners of eastern Pennsylvania for higher pay -
The Jungle Published
A novel by Upton Sinclair that was to expose corruption in the government and business -
Food and Drug act
After "the jungle" the government passed a law that protected consumers from bad food and drugs -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food and makes sure meat slaughtering is performed at certain sanitary levels in factories -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
Allows the president to proclaim national monuments on government-owned lands -
16th Amendment
Inforced that taxes will be taken out of citizens paycheck -
NAACP formed
an interracial endeavor to advance justice for African Americans -
Muckrakers
Journalist who wanted to expose corruption in businesses -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory burned down in one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the history of Manhattan -
Taft Wins
William Howard Taft was elected president in 1908 by 702 votes -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt to win the election. Became the first Southerner president since 1848. -
Federal Reserve Act
Made the Federal Reserve the central bank for a more safe and reliable bank -
17th Amendment
allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. senators -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Defines unethical business practices like monopolies, price fixing, and labor rights -
The Birth of a Nation movie
preacher turned rebellion leader as he fights racism in the South with a violent and brutal fist -
18th Amendment
prohibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors -
19th Amendment
Citizens who vote will not be denied by sex -
Rise of KKK
an American white supremacist terrorist hate group founded in 1865 -
Jim Crows Laws
State and local laws enforced in southern states in the late 19th and 20th centuries