Big Business
Muckrakers
Amendments
Acts
SAW - WWI
100

one company controls 90% or more of a industry 

monopoly

100

 led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890s

Ida. B. Wells
100

prohibited sale, manufacture and transportation of alcohol

18th amendment 

100

law that prohibits unfair business practices and promotes competition

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

100

annexed in 1898 because of military and economic importance

Hawaii

200

 "allow to do" or "let people do as they choose"

 laissez-faire

hands off 


 

200

 his exposure led to the  Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act,

Upton Sinclair

200

women's suffrage

19th

200

1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs

Pure food & Drug Act

200

One cause of the Spanish American War

De Lome Letter, calling President weak

Havana Harbor Sinking of U.S.S. Maine

Yellow Journalism 

Cuba ask for help

300

 time period of economic growth for the wealthy, while the working class experienced extreme poverty

Gilded Age 

Early 19th century

300

exposed how the other half lives with vivid photos

Jacob Riis

300

Graduated Income Tax

16th amendment

300

1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated livestock (cows) and meat 

Meat Inspection Act 1906

300

Two locations acquired during the Spanish American war and held as territories today

Puerto Rico and Guam

400

 His fortune primarily came from his firm, Standard Oil Company, which grew to dominate the oil industry

Rockefeller

400

she exposed, illegal means used by Standard Oil

Ida Tarbell

400

granted citizenship to all persons born in the U.S.

14th Amendment

400

Required railroads to charge "reasonable and just" rates, and prohibited rebates to high-volume users

Interstate Commerce Act

400

Policy of a great white fleet protecting America's lake

"Speak Softly and carry a "

Big stick policy

500

the act of giving time, talent, or money to help others, or the general goodwill that one has towards others

philanthropy 

charity

500

founded, the world famous social settlement Hull-House on Chicago

Jane Addams

500

protects right to vote, specifically African American Men.

15th Amendment

500

established merit-based hiring for most federal government jobs

Pendleton Act

500

lifts ships up 85 feet (26 metres) to the main elevation of the Panama Canal and down again.

locks or lock system