history chapter 14-17

  • transcantinentil road

    transcantinentil road
    A golden spike marked the spanning of the nation by the first transcontinental railroad.
    Other transcontinental lines followed and regional lines multip;ied as well.
  • Benjamin Harrison

    Benjamin Harrison
    A senator and the grandson of president william henry harrison.
    his campian was financed by larg contribution from companies that wanted tariffs even higher than they were.
  • rural free delivery

    rural free delivery
    A system that brought packages directy to every home. the turn of the 20th century saw prosperity that cause big changes in americans daily lives.
  • industrail workers of the world

    industrail workers of the world
    haywood the wobblies included miners,lumberers,and cannery and dock workers. unlike the ARU the IWW welcomed african amarican but membership never topped 100,00.
  • Niagara movement

    Niagara movement
    the blacks should seek a liberal arts education so thatthe african american communityvwould have well educated leaders.
  • pure food and drug act

    pure food and drug act
    which halted the sale of contaminated foods and mrdicines and called for truth in labeling
  • gentlements agreement

    gentlements agreement
    japans government agreed to limit emigration of unskilled workers to the united states in exchange for the repeal of the san francisco segregation order.
  • william howard taft

    william howard taft
    secretary of war to run against william jennings bryan who had been noninated by the democrats for the third time