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Greenbacks
Paper currency issued by the United States during the Civil War, which was not backed by gold or silver, leading to inflation.
Hammer v. Dagenhart
the Supreme Court ruled that the Keating-Owen Child Labor Act, which prohibited the interstate shipment of goods produced with child labor, was unconstitutional as an overreach of federal power under the Commerce Clause, as it regulated the production of goods and not commerce itself.
Muckraker
journalists and writers of the Progressive Era (roughly 1890s-1920s) who exposed corruption, scandal, and injustice in government and big business, leading to significant social reforms.
Coxey’s army
protest march of unemployed workers led by Jacob Coxey in 1894, aiming to pressure the federal government to create jobs through public works projects like road building, financed by an increase in the money supply.
Niagara movement
a 1905-1910 organization of Black intellectuals, led by W.E.B. Du Bois, that advocated for full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans, challenging the accommodationist approach of Booker T. Washington.
Clayton antitrust act
outlawed specific anticompetitive practices like price discrimination, exclusive dealing, mergers that could lessen competition, and interlocking directorates to prevent monopolies.
