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Progressive Era
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Spanish-American War in Philippines, Cuba, Puerto Rico
This was a war that was fought between US, Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Spain. -
McKinly vs Bryan
William McKinley (Rep) defeats Bryan (Dem) in the race for the Presidency, His first term included passage of the highest tariff in American history -
Theodore Roosevelt
Vice President Theodore Roosevelt assumes presidency after the assination of McKinley. theodore was known as the trust buster and regulated big business so they cant control the public. Also the teddy bear was named after him. -
Reclimation Act
makes possible the initiation of a large-scale program of federal irrigation and hydroelectric development , primarily in arid western lands. -
Wright Brothers
First power drivin airplane was drivien by the wright brothers -
Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) founded
The IWW contends that all workers should be united as a class and that the wage system should be abolished.[ -
Pure Food and Drug Act
it halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called the truth in labeling -
Ford Model T
first car ever built. -
NAACP
Nation association fo rthe advancement of colored people. aim was nothing less than the full equality among races -
Woman Sufferage
woman only had federal voting rights in the states Wyoming, Utah Colorado, Washinton, and Idaho. -
17th Amendment
the seventeenth amendment provides for the election of U.S. senators by the people rathar than by state leislatures -
Woodrow WIlson's inauguration
5,000 woman suffragists marched through hostile crowds in Washington D.C. as police failed to restrain the rowdy gathering and congressmen demanded an investigation -
16th Amendment Created
Income tax established by 16th Amendment -
Panama Canal is finished
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WW1
The war begins in Europe and quickly escalades so that many different countries get involved. -
NAACP
By this time NAACP had over 6,000 memebers -
Clayton Antitrust Act
thought would strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, It prohibited coporations from acuiring the stock of another if doing so would create a monopoly. if companies violated the law, its officers could be prosicuted. -
Federal trade Commission act
This "Watchdog" agency was given the power to investigate possible violations of regulatory statutes, to require periodic reports from corporations and put an end to a number of unfair business practices
