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Sedition Act
the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” -
Rise of KKK
Early 20th century. White supremacist terrorist hate group -
Jim Crow Laws
state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation. -
W.E.B. Dubois
William Edward Burghardt Du Bois
(Death date) -
Tuskegee Institute
Training teachers in Alabama -
Chinese Exclusion Act
first and only major federal legislation to explicitly suspend immigration for a specific nationality (https://www.britannica.com/topic/Chinese-Exclusion-Act) -
Interstate Commerce Act
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Jane Addams-Hull House
It was founded in Chicago in 1889 when Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr -
Sherman Antitrust Act
the first Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices
(https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?flash=false&doc=51) -
Plessy V. Ferguson
upheld racial segregation under the “separate but equal” doctrine.
(https://www.history.com/topics/black-history/plessy-v-ferguson#:~:text=Sources-,Plessy%20v.,a%20car%20for%20Black%20people.) -
McKinley Assassinated
Third U.S president to be shot
(https://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-president-william-mckinley) -
Coal Miner Strike
Men and boys didn't go to the mines
(https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/when-roosevelt-and-jp-morgan-fixed-coal-mine-strike-180975311/) -
Muckrakers
American writers identified with pre-World War I reform and exposé writing.
(https://www.britannica.com/topic/muckraker) -
Ida Tarbell-“The History of Standard Oil”
Written by Ida Tarbell. -
Niagara Movement
organization of African American intellectuals -
The Jungle Published
Sinclair felt he missed the point of his book. “I aimed at the public’s heart,” he famously remarked, “and by accident, I hit it in the stomach.” -
Roosevelt-Antiquities Act
the first United States law to provide general protection for any general kind of cultural or natural resource -
Food and Drug Act
Prohibits misbranded food and drinks
(https://www.fda.gov/about-fda/fda-history/milestones-us-food-and-drug-law) -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food.
(https://www.britannica.com/topic/Meat-Inspection-Act) -
Taft Wins
won 51.6% of the popular vote and carried most states outside of the Solid South. -
Muller v. Oregon
the Court considered whether a state could limit the amount of hours a woman could work while not also limiting the hours of men -
NAACP formed
formed in New York City by white and Black activists, in response to the violence against African Americans in the country. -
Urban League
historic civil rights and urban advocacy organization -
Triangle Shirtwaist fire
Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire, New York City burned, killing 146 workers. -
Wilson Elected
Wilson took advantage of the Republican split, winning 40 states and a large majority of the electoral vote with just 41.8% -
Federal Reserve Act
Establish economic stability in the U.S. by introducing a central bank to oversee monetary policy. -
Underwood-Simmons Tariff
The Revenue Act of 1913, also known as the Underwood Tariff or the Underwood-Simmons Act -
16th Amendment
The Congress shall have the 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. -
Teddy Roosevelt’s- Square Deal
three major goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Department of Labor Established
the defeated and departing incumbent, just hours before Woodrow Wilson took office -
17th Amendment
17th amendment modified Article I, section 3, of the Constitution by allowing voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators. Prior to its passage, Senators were chosen by state legislatures. -
Trench Warfare
combat in which armies attack, counterattack, and defend from relatively permanent systems of trenches dug into the ground. -
Federal trade Commission
Antitrust laws and the promotion of consumer protection -
Federal Trade Commission Act
protecting America's consumers for over 100 years. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
prohibits mergers, predatory and discriminatory pricing -
Booker T. Washington
become a leading African American intellectual of the 19 century -
The Birth of a Nation (1915)
landmark silent film, released in 1915, was the first Hollywood hit. -
Lusitania sunk
A German U-boat torpedoed the British-owned steamship -
Zimmerman Telegram
secret diplomatic communication -
Wilson Asks for War
President Woodrow Wilson went before a joint session of Congress to request a declaration of war against Germany. -
Espionage Act
prohibited obtaining information, recording pictures, or copying descriptions -
Hammer v. Dagenhart
A case in which the Court deemed the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act unconstitutional because Congress does not have control over the commerce of goods -
Wilson-Fourteen Points
Vision for ending World War I in a way that would prevent such a conflagration from occurring again. -
Versailles Peace Conference
establish the terms of the peace after World War I -
Treaty of Versailles to Senate
which formally ended World War I -
Armistice Day
the first anniversary of the end of World War I. -
League of Nations
an international organization -
18th amendment
After one year from the ratification of this article the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within, the importation thereof into, or the exportation thereof from the United States and all territory subject to the jurisdiction thereof for beverage purposes is hereby prohibited. -
19th amendment
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. -
Wilson Stroke
Wilson had intended to seek a third term in office but suffered a severe stroke