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Booker T. Washington
American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. The dominant leader in the African-American community and of the contemporary Black elite -
Rise of KKK
The Ku Klux Klan, the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations, and hate groups -
W.E.B. Dubois
American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist -
Tuskegee Institute
The program provided students with both academic and vocational training. The students, under Washington, built their own buildings, produced their own food, and provided for most of their own basic necessities -
Chinese Exclusion Act
Federal law signed by President Chester A. Arthur, prohibited all immigration of Chinese laborers for 10 years -
Interstate Commerce Act
Addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business, the act became law with support from both political parties -
Sherman Antitrust Act
United States antitrust law which entails the rule of free competition in commerce. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
Became a symbol of progressivism. Tried to better a country battered by industrialization, the explosive growth of cities, and the sudden arrival of millions of mostly poor immigrants -
Plessy V. Ferguson
U.S. Supreme Court decision ruling that racial segregation laws did not violate the U.S. Constitution as long as each race will be equal in quality, "separate but equal" -
McKinley Assassinated
czolgosz, an anarchist, shot the President during one of his public appearances -
Coal Mine Strike
Miners struck for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union -
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program, reflected his three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection -
The Jungle Published
The Jungle is a novel by American muckraker author Upton Sinclair, known for his efforts to expose corruption in government and business -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
The first U.S. law to provide general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal land -
Food and Drug Act
The first of a series of important consumer protection laws for bad food and drugs which were made by Congress and led to the creation of the ¨Food and Drug Administration¨. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
American law makes it illegal to mess with or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food to ensure that meat and meat products are processed under regulated sanitary conditions -
Taft Wins
Taft easily defeated William Jennings Bryan for the presidential election -
16th Amendment
Grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population -
NAACP Formed
The nation's largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization -
Muckrackers
Muckrakers were journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who sought out to expose corruption in big business and government -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Widely considered a pivotal moment in history, leading to the transformation of the labor code of New York State and to the adoption of fire safety measures that eventually adapted to the whole country -
Wilson Elected
Wilson defeated William Howard Taft and Theodore Roosevelt to easily win the United States presidential election -
17th Amendment
Removed from state legislatures the power to choose U.S. Senators and gave that power directly to voters in each state -
Federal Reserve Act
Congress passed the Federal Reserve Act to establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Defines unethical business practices, such as price fixing and monopolies, and upholds various rights of labor -
The Birth of a Nation Movie
Chronicles the assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth and the relationship of two families in the Civil War and Reconstruction eras over the course of several years; the pro-Union Stonemans and the pro-Confederacy Camerons. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors -
19th Amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied by the United States or by any State on account of gender -
Jim Crow Laws
Laws introduced in the Southern United States that enforced racial segregation