Influential Events/People
Years
Laws
People
Miscellaneous
100

Publication of this essay supported Social Darwinism

The Gospel of Wealth

100

In 1882, this law restricted immigration from China

Chinese Exclusion Act

100

This law established an eight hour workday for railroad workers

What is Adamsom Act

100

Used vertical integration to dominate industry

Who is Andrew Carnegie

100

This amendment established the direct election of US Senators  

17th Amendment

200

This early labor union welcomed unskilled workers

What is Kights of Labor

200

This event ended Reconstruction and began the Gilded Age

What is Compromise  of 1877

200

This law strengthened Sherman Antitrust Act

What is Clayton Antitrust Act

200

This oil tycoon created standard oil

Who is John D Rockefeller

200

This law required meat packing plants to meet sanitation standards

Meat Inspection Act

300

This strike turned violent in 1894 and involved federal troops

What is Pullman Strike

300

This era focused on fixing problems caused by industrialization

What is The Progressive Era

300

This reform targeted child labor during the progressive era

Child Labor Reform

300

This political machine was led by Boss Tweed in New York City

Tammany Hall

300

Federal Agency created to enforce antitrust laws and protect consumers

FTC Federal Trade Commission

400

Term describing journalists who exposed corruption and social issues

Muckrakers

400

This movement aimed to end alcohol consumption due to its social effects

The Temperance Movement

400

This amendment repealed prohibition

21st Amendment 

400

This journalist exposed the meat packing industry in The Jungle

Upton Sinclair

400

This 1887 act regulated railroad rates and created Interstate commerce commission

Interstate Commerce Act

500

This famous settlement house was founded by Jane Addams

The Hull House

500

This factory 1911 fire led to workplace safety reforms

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

500

This Amendment established a federal income tax

16th Amendment 

500

When did Wilson take office?

1913

500

This 1980 law was the first federal attempt to break up monopolies

Sherman antitrust act