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Tuskegee Institute
This was an idea for a school for African Americans in the city of Tuskegee. -
Chinese Exclusion Act
A 10-year ban that states that Chinese immigrants cannot come to America for a "New Life". -
Interstate Commerce Act
This act addressed the problem of monopolies taking over the country. -
Jane Addams Hull House
A house to educate women to share all kinds of knowledge. From basic skills to arts and literature with poorer people in the neighborhood. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This act prohibits old monopolies from buying new companies and sustaining competition. -
Plessy V. Ferguson
A Supreme Court case upheld that the "equal but separate accommodations for the white and colored races." -
McKinley Assassinated
A man by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, shot President McKinley. -
Coal Miner Strike
A strike by the coal miner laborers asking for better pay. President Roosevelt took the labor side with the lawsuit. -
Muckrackers
A group of journalists and novelists of the Progressive Era who tried to expose corrupt businesses and governments. -
Teddy Roosevelt's Square Deal
This was his domestic program, which reflected his major goals. The "Three C's" Conservation of natural resources, Control of corporations, and Consumer protection. -
The Jungle Published
This is a book published by Upton Sinclair. This book was a book to expose the conditions of the Chicago stockyards. -
Roosevelt's Antiquities Act
The first U.S. law that provided general legal protection of cultural and natural resources of historic or scientific interest on federal lands. -
Federal Mean Inspection Act
This act prevented adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and ensured that meat and meat products were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
Food and Drug Act
This act prohibits interstate commerce in misbranded and adulterated foods, drinks, and drugs. -
Taft Wins
The presidential election after Roosevelt promised to only serve two terms. -
NAACP formed
The nation's largest and most widely recognized civil rights organization. -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
This was a fire that happened in a building in Manhattan. This was the first real problem leading to the transformation of the labor code. -
Wilson Elected
Woodrow Wilson won the 1912 presidential election against Charles Hughes. -
17th Amendment
This amendment grants us (U.S. citizens) to directly vote for U.S. senators. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act was to stabilize the economy in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy. -
16th Amendment
This amendment grants Congress the authority to issue an income tax without having to determine it based on population. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
This act made substantive and procedural changes to federal antitrust law. this act seeks to capture anticompetitive practices in their incipiency by prohibiting particular types of conduct. -
Booker T. Washington
This man was an American educator, author, orator, and adviser to several presidents of the United States. -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
The film portrays the Civil War with both dramatic and battle scenes and tells the story of two families on either side of the Mason-Dixon line. -
18th amendment
This amendment prohibited the "manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors. -
Rise of the KKK
A white supremacy group that wants the white race to be the only race below god. -
19th AMendment
This amendment gives the right to vote to everyone without the account of sex. -
W.E.B Dubois
He wrote a book undermining the stereotypes with empirical evidence and shaped his approach to segregation and its negative impact on black lives. -
Jim Crow Laws
These laws stated that state and local laws were introduced in the southern United States in the 19th and 20th centuries that enforced racial segregation.