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A historically black university made by Booker T. Washington. One of the most notable alumni is George Washington Carver. -
Prohibited immigration of Chinese citizens. -
State and local laws that enforced racial segregation. -
Asked for railroad rates to be fair and just, regulating huge railroad companies. -
A settlement house that served newly arrived European immigrants. -
A law which prohibits activities that restrict interstate commerce and competition in the marketplace. -
Educator and Advisor to multiple presidents. He was the voice of former slaves and their descendants. -
The creation of "seperate but equal". Segregation was allowed as long as the facilities for both races were equal in quality. -
As African Americans pushed for their rights, the KKK rose in power. Exploiting the anger and fear of White Americans, they lashed out violently towards African Americans and put gasoline on the already burning fire that was racial tensions post-civil war. -
Mckinley is assassinated by anarchist Leon Czolgosz. -
Workers striked in Pennsylvania, threatening a coal famine. They wanted higher wages and shorter workdays. -
Journalists who exposed institutions and individuals as corrupt. -
Teddy Roosevelt used the square deal as a means to say that he wanted to give everyone an equal shot at something. Like giving someone a square deal in life. This term became something he would regularly use. -
An expose about the standard oil company. -
Led by W.E. Dubois, the Niagara movement was a civil rights group opposing segregation and racial disenfranchisement. -
Upton Sinclair exposed the lives of exploited immigrants and the harsh conditions they live in to the American public. -
Required that ingredients be put on the labels of food or drugs, and drugs could not fall below purity levels set by the United States. -
Made it illegal to mislabel or adulterate meat, and also made it a requirement for the meat to be made in sanitary conditions. -
Allowed the government to protect natural landmarks, cultural lands, or scientific lands. -
This dispute centered around mandating women's working hours. This led to the law eventually recognizing sex-based discrimination. -
Taft becomes president! -
Taxes! Allowed Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states according to the population -
An African American activist who became one of the founding members of the NAACP. -
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is formed, the oldest civil rights movement that paved the way for future progress.. -
A civil rights group that fights against racial discrimination towards African Americans, and advocates for social and economic justice. -
One of the deadliest industrial incidents in American History. Lead to the death of 146 workers, 123 women and 23 men in a massive fire. -
Taft established the department of labor hours before Wilson took office. -
Woodrow Wilson gets elected! -
Lowered tariff rates and re-established a federal income tax. -
Allowed the direct election of state senators, giving more voice to the people. -
Created the federal reserve system, which is the United States' central banking system. -
Outlaws unfair/unethical acts or practices that affects commerce. -
Prevents anti-competitive acts. -
Land warfare consisting of trenches. Usually painfully slow, and revolved around days upon days of conflict while soldiers sit in the trenches. The land in between was considered almost certain death. -
Creation of the FTC. Protects consumers and enforcers anti-trust laws. -
Chronicling the American Civil war and reconstruction, along with the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, The Birth of the Nation was a huge silent film that even holds the honor to be the first screened at the White House. The film has come under fire for it's racist depiction of African Americans, and has been denounced by many. -
German u-boat targets British Ocean Liner, killing 1,000 people.This built American support for the war. -
A proposal to Mexico that they would help them fight the United States if they entered into war against Germany. This uh...this didn't go over well with the United States when we found out. -
The Zimmerman was the final nail in the coffin, Wilson asks Congress for a declaration of war against Germany. -
Prevents interference with American military, or support for U.S. enemies. -
Permitted the deportation, fine, or imprisonment of anyone deemed a threat or publishing “false, scandalous, or malicious writing” against the government of the United States. One of the biggest tests of freedom of speech, a precursor in ways to the McCarthy era. -
Struck down by the supreme court, asks for regulation of child labor. This led to increasingly hostile views towards the conditions of child labor. -
Marked the ceasing of hostilities between the allies and the central powers. -
Prohibition. Everyone knows how that went. -
The allies setting the terms of peace. Resulted in five controversial treaties that would lead to further tensions down the road. -
Wilson suffers a massive stroke that leaves him incapacitated during the ending years of his presidency. -
Women get the right to vote! Equal rights! -
Treaty brought to the senate. Signals a new, less isolated era for America. -
The principles of peace used while creating the peace treaty. -
A group of nations dedicated to keeping world peace after the events of World War II.