| 1919-11-10 | Abrams v. United States: Holmes Dissents, Articulates 'Marketplace of Ideas' Free Speech Theory
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. · Louis Brandeis | | confirmed |
| 1919-03-03 | Schenck v. United States: Supreme Court Creates 'Clear and Present Danger' Test, Upholds Espionage Act Convictions
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1918-09-14 | Eugene V. Debs Sentenced to Ten Years for Antiwar Speech, Runs for President from Prison
3 src Eugene V. Debs · Woodrow Wilson |
| confirmed |
| 1918-06-03 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Child Labor Law in Hammer v. Dagenhart
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1918-05-16 | Sedition Act of 1918 Expands Espionage Act to Criminalize Anti-Government Speech
4 src U.S. Congress · Woodrow Wilson | | confirmed |
| 1917-12-10 | Hitchman Coal v. Mitchell: Supreme Court Authorizes Injunctions to Enforce Yellow-Dog Contracts
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · United Mine Workers of America |
| confirmed |
| 1917-11-05 | Buchanan v. Warley: Supreme Court Strikes Down Racial Zoning, Property Rights Trump Civil Rights
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · NAACP |
| confirmed |
| 1917-08-01 | Frank Little Lynched: IWW Executive Board Member Murdered by Vigilantes in Butte
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) · Anaconda Copper Mining Company |
| confirmed |
| 1917-07-12 | Bisbee Deportation: Phelps Dodge and Vigilantes Illegally Deport 1,300 Striking Miners
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1917-06-08 | Speculator Mine Fire Kills 168 Workers: Anaconda Safety Failures Trigger Butte Strike and Repression
3 src Anaconda Copper Mining Company · Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1917-04-13 | Committee on Public Information Created: Wilson Establishes Federal Propaganda Machine
3 src Woodrow Wilson |
| confirmed |
| 1916-11-05 | Everett Massacre: Lumber Company Vigilantes Kill IWW Members at City Dock
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1916-09-03 | Adamson Act Establishes Eight-Hour Workday for Railroad Workers
3 src Woodrow Wilson · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1916-09-01 | Keating-Owen Child Labor Act Passed, First Federal Child Labor Restriction
3 src U.S. Congress · Woodrow Wilson | | confirmed |
| 1915-01-25 | Rockefeller Testifies Before Walsh Commission: Three Days of Public Humiliation Over Ludlow Massacre
6 src John D. Rockefeller Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1914-10-15 | Clayton Antitrust Act Signed: Labor Unions Exempted from Antitrust Laws, Gompers Calls It Labor's Magna Carta
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Samuel Gompers · American Federation of Labor |
| confirmed |
| 1914-09-26 | Wilson Signs Federal Trade Commission Act, Creating Expert Antitrust Enforcement Agency
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Federal Trade Commission · U.S. Congress |
| confirmed |
| 1914-04-20 | Ludlow Massacre - National Guard Attacks Striking Miners, Kills 21 Including Women and Children
5 src United Mine Workers of America · John D. Rockefeller Jr. | | confirmed |
| 1913-12-23 | Federal Reserve Act Creates Central Banking System: Wilson Signs Compromise Between Private Bank Control and Government Oversight
3 src Woodrow Wilson · J.P. Morgan |
| confirmed |
| 1913-10-03 | Underwood Tariff Slashes Corporate Protection, Establishes Modern Income Tax After 16th Amendment
4 src Woodrow Wilson · Democratic Party |
| confirmed |
| 1913-08-03 | Wheatland Hop Riot: IWW Farmworkers Protest Conditions, Deputies Kill Four, Leaders Framed
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) · California National Guard |
| confirmed |
| 1913-04-11 | Wilson Administration Segregates Federal Government: Jim Crow Comes to Washington
3 src Woodrow Wilson · NAACP | | confirmed |
| 1913-04-08 | 17th Amendment Ratified: Direct Election of Senators Ends State Legislature Appointments and Deadlock Corruption
3 src U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1913-04-01 | JP Morgan Dies in Rome: House of Morgan Partners Blame Pujo Committee Testimony Stress
4 src J.P. Morgan | | confirmed |
| 1913-02-25 | Paterson Silk Strike: IWW Leads 25,000 Workers in Five-Month Struggle Against Textile Manufacturers
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) · John Reed |
| confirmed |
| 1913-02-03 | 16th Amendment Ratified: Federal Income Tax Established to Shift Burden from Middle Class to Wealthy
3 src U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1912-08-07 | Theodore Roosevelt Forms Bull Moose Party After GOP Convention Theft: Republican Split Ensures Wilson Victory
4 src Theodore Roosevelt · William Howard Taft · Woodrow Wilson · Republican National Committee | | confirmed |
| 1912-05-16 | Pujo Committee Hearings Begin: Money Trust Investigation Exposes JP Morgan Control of $22 Billion Through 341 Interlocking Directorships
4 src J.P. Morgan · U.S. House of Representatives | | confirmed |
| 1912-04-18 | Paint Creek-Cabin Creek Mine War: West Virginia Declares Martial Law, Mother Jones Imprisoned
3 src United Mine Workers of America |
| confirmed |
| 1912-01-12 | Lawrence "Bread and Roses" Strike: IWW Unites 20,000 Workers Across 51 Nationalities, Wins 15% Raise
3 src Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) |
| confirmed |
| 1911-02-24 | Buck's Stove Case: Gompers, Mitchell, Morrison Sentenced for Contempt, Boycotts Criminalized
3 src Samuel Gompers · John Mitchell · American Federation of Labor |
| confirmed |
| 1911-01-16 | Aldrich Plan for Banking Reform Submitted: Secret Jekyll Island Meeting Proposes Wall Street-Controlled Central Bank
4 src | | confirmed |
| 1910-06-18 | Mann-Elkins Act Strengthens Railroad Regulation, Expands ICC Authority to Telecommunications
3 src William Howard Taft · Interstate Commerce Commission |
| confirmed |
| 1910-03-19 | Insurgent Republicans Revolt Against Speaker Cannon: 29-Hour Session Strips Autocratic Powers, Splits GOP
4 src William Howard Taft |
| confirmed |
| 1909-08-05 | Payne-Aldrich Tariff Betrays Progressive Promises: Taft Praises "Best Tariff Bill," Splits Republican Party
4 src William Howard Taft |
| confirmed |
| 1909-03-04 | Roosevelt Leaves Office After 44 Antitrust Suits, Revealing Progressive Era Reform Limits
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · William Howard Taft · J.P. Morgan · U.S. Department of Justice · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 1908-02-24 | Muller v. Oregon: Brandeis Brief Upholds Women's Labor Protections Using Paternalistic Reasoning
3 src Supreme Court of the United States · Louis Brandeis | | confirmed |
| 1908-01-27 | Adair v. United States: Supreme Court Strikes Down Federal Ban on Yellow-Dog Contracts
3 src Supreme Court of the United States |
| confirmed |
| 1907-11-02 | Roosevelt Approves U.S. Steel Acquisition of Tennessee Coal & Iron During Panic, Exposing Reform Limits
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · J.P. Morgan · Henry Clay Frick · U.S. Steel Corporation | | confirmed |
| 1907-07-19 | Roosevelt Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against American Tobacco Trust
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · U.S. Department of Justice · American Tobacco Company |
| confirmed |
| 1906-06-30 | Roosevelt Signs Pure Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1906-06-29 | Roosevelt Signs Hepburn Act Creating First True Federal Regulatory Agency
4 src Theodore Roosevelt · Interstate Commerce Commission · Railroad companies · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1906-02-26 | Upton Sinclair Publishes "The Jungle" Exposing Meatpacking Industry Horrors
3 src | | confirmed |
| 1905-04-17 | Supreme Court Strikes Down Labor Protections in Lochner v. New York
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. |
| confirmed |
| 1905-01-30 | Supreme Court Rules Against Beef Trust, Establishes Stream of Commerce Doctrine
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Theodore Roosevelt · Attorney General Philander Knox |
| confirmed |
| 1904-03-14 | Supreme Court Orders Northern Securities Dissolution in First Major Antitrust Victory
5 src U.S. Supreme Court · Theodore Roosevelt · J.P. Morgan · James J. Hill · +2 |
| confirmed |
| 1904-01-01 | Lincoln Steffens Publishes "The Shame of the Cities" Exposing Municipal Corruption
3 src | | confirmed |
| 1903-02-19 | Roosevelt Signs Elkins Act Prohibiting Railroad Rebates and Price Discrimination
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · Interstate Commerce Commission · Railroad companies | | confirmed |
| 1903-02-14 | Roosevelt Creates Bureau of Corporations and Department of Commerce and Labor
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · U.S. Congress | | confirmed |
| 1902-11-01 | Ida Tarbell Begins "The History of the Standard Oil Company" in McClure's Magazine
3 src Standard Oil Company · John D. Rockefeller | | confirmed |
| 1902-10-03 | Roosevelt Intervenes in Coal Strike as Neutral Arbitrator, Origins of Square Deal
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · John Mitchell · J.P. Morgan · Elihu Root | | confirmed |
| 1902-05-12 | Anthracite Coal Strike Begins in Pennsylvania, 147,000 Miners Walk Out
3 src United Mine Workers · John Mitchell · Theodore Roosevelt · Railroad companies | | confirmed |
| 1902-05-01 | Justice Department Files Antitrust Suit Against Beef Trust Monopoly
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · Attorney General Philander Knox | | confirmed |
| 1902-02-19 | Roosevelt Announces Northern Securities Antitrust Suit Against J.P. Morgan Railroad Trust
3 src Theodore Roosevelt · Attorney General Philander Knox · J.P. Morgan · James J. Hill · +2 | | confirmed |