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| Triangle Shirt waste fire |
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| a fire that started in a factory. Workers tried to exit but the owners had locked the exit door (to reduce theft of materials) |
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| Workers compensation laws |
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| guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job |
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| an economic system in which private business runs most industries and competition determines the price of goods |
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| a system in which the government owns and operates a country's means of production |
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| a socialist leader of a union that was called Industrial Workers of the world |
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| Industrial workers of the world |
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| - goal was to organize all workers into one large union that would over throw capitalism |
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| Banning of production and transportation of alcoholic beverages throughout the United States |
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| National American Woman’s Suffrage Association |
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| In 1890 to promote the cause of woman’s suffrage |
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| lead the national womens party |
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| granting American woman the right to vote |
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| was born into slavery became a respected educator in his 20’s. His strategy was not to fight discrimination directly, instead to improve their educational needs |
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| wrote articles about the unequal education available to African American children |
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| - took a direct approach fighting racial justice |
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| National Association for the Advancement of Colored people |
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| an organization that called for economic and educational equality for African Americans |
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| was vice president to McKinley who died which made Roosevelt president |
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| this law prohibited the manufacturesale and transport of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs |
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| protection of nature and its resources |
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| Roosevelts secretary took his place as president in 1908 |
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| nicknamed the Bull Moose party because Roosevelt said he was as strong as a bull moose |
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| beat Taft in the election of 1912 |
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| Allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on citizen’s incomes |
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