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Wilson elected
28th president served from 1913 to 1921 he was able to keep us out of war until the heat rose and it was unavoidable -
Chinese exclusion Act
A law that passed to halt the growing Chinese immigration to the US for cheap labor. -
Interstate commerce act
Allowed congress to regulate the growing railroad monopoly but also spread over all goods and services. -
Jane Addams-Hull House
A house of mainly educated women who helped European immigrants in the transition process into america. -
Sherman Antitrust act
Regulates and promotes competition in large markets making sure no monopolies form -
Plessy V Ferguson
A land mark supreme court battle that upheld the "separate but equal" ideology of Jim crow America -
muckrackers
people in media who exposed large institutions and interstate corruption -
McKinley assassinated
25th president Mckinley was shot and killed in buffalo New York by Leon Czolgosz -
coal miner strike 1902
the miners wanted to unionize for better conditions and better pay threatening the winter coal supply -
The story of standard oil
A book exposing Rockefeller for his competitive business practices and how he created a global monopoly off of oil -
The Jungle
Upton Sinclair's book on the meat packing industry and of the grotesque conditions it was in. -
Roosevelt's square deal
conserve natural resources, control corporations, and consumer protection. -
federal meat inspection act
Put universal laws on the processing and sale of meat products to ensure health and purity -
food and drug act
An act passed by congress which gave the government to regulate interstate commerce of food and impure drugs -
Taft wins
Taft wins as a Republican against William Jennings Bryan -
Muller V. Oregon
In a supreme court case the work hours for women were restricted to a 10 hour work day. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
an closed factory without large exists caught fire killing many inside that where stuck to die. This created many safety regulations toady such as fire alarms -
Federal reserve act
signed by Wilson created a central banking system in the US to control unstable markets. -
Underwood tariff
a tax reform that lowers tariffs from foreign goods as well as instituted a progressive tax on the rich -
Department of labor
A cabinet level department created by Taft that over sees the labor market in the US instituting work days and wages -
17th amendment
The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each State, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each Senator shall have one vote. The electors in each State shall have the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the State legislatures. -
Federal trade commission act
act signed by Wilson that allowed the government to super see all stock market purchase and money flow -
Federal trade commission
provide antitrust laws against monopolies as well as scanning the market for dips and peaks -
16th amendment
The 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.
