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Eugine V Debs
A union leader and a founding member of the industrial workers of the world, and also a 5 time canidate of the socialist party. -
Ida Tarbell
She was and american author, and journalist, who played a role as a "muckraker" during the progressice era of the late 19th century, and the early 20th century. She is though to have pioneered investigtive journalism. -
John Dewey
An American philospher, Georgist, an educational reformer whose ideas have been very influential in social reform, and education -
Ida B Wells
She was an african american journalist, suffragette, socialogist, georgist, and civil rights leader. -
Lincoln Steffens
He was a NY reporter who launched several articles in McClure's that would soon after be published in the boo named Shame of the Cities -
Womens christan temperance union
The first mass organization among women commited to social reform with a program that linked religon. -
Margarant sanger
American birth control activist, sex educator, and nurse, she opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. -
Interstate Commer Act
A U.S federal law that is used to regulate the railroad industry, primarily its monopolisitic practices, it allowed the railroad rates to be just and resonable, but did not give power to the goverment to fix exact rates -
National American Womens Suffrage Association
Creeated by a merger of two exsisting organizations, the National Womens Suffrage Assoication, and the American Women Suffrage Association -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
A federal landmark statue that is in the U.S history of U.S antitrust law. -
How the other half lives
It documented the squalid living conditions in New York, written by Jacon Riis. -
Anti Saloon League
A leading organization lobbying for the prohibition in the U.S during the 20th century -
Northern Securities Antitrust
An American railroad trust by Harriam James and J.D rockafeller, and his associates. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
A strike by the U.S mine workers who were apart of the anthracite coalfields of eastern PA, they held strike for higher pay, shorter days, and also to be reconizged by their union -
Elkins Act
A federal law that ammended the interstate commerce of 1887, the act authorized the interstate commerce comission to imose heavy fines on railroad, and rebates. -
Meat inspection act
A U.S congress act that works to prevent adultered or mis branded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to ensure that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed. -
The Jungle
Written by Sinclare to portray the harsh conditions and lives of immigrants in the U.S. -
Pure food and drug act
this was to prevent the manufacturing,transportation, or even sale of misbranded or poisonous food, and drugs, liquors, and medicines. -
Triangle shirtwaiste fire
A fire in manhattan NY, this was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and in history in general. -
Progressive bull moose party
Formed by TD after a split in the rupublican party between him and Taft. -
17th Amendement
Established the popular election of the U.S senators by the people within the states -
Department of commerce and labor
A short lived department of the U.S goverment, it was used for the controlling of big buisnesses, and their excess. Happened during the presidency of T.R -
Underwood Tariff
The act re-imposed the federal income tax the following rattification of the 16th amendment, and lowered basic tariff rates. -
Federal reserve act
this created and established the federal reserve system, the central banking system of the U.S -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Passed the U.S congress as an amendment to clarify, and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Keaton Owen child labor act
Sought to address child labor by prohibiting the sale and interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under the age of 14. -
18th amendment
establshed the prohibition of alcohol in the U.S by declaring the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. -
19th amendment
Provided men, and women equal voting rights. -
Square deal policy
Presidents Roosevelts domestic program that conisted of conservation of natural resources, control of cooperations, and consumer protection.
