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Robert La Follette
against big cooperatons, served for wisconsin as govenor and in congress -
Eugene V. Debs
PRESIDENT OF RAILWAY UNION -
Ida Tarbell
wrote history of standard oil co -
John Dewey
came up with pragmatism -
Ida B. Wells
journalist, abolitionist, feminist <3 -
Lincoln Steffens
wrote the shame of the cities -
Interstate Commerce Act
attempted to regulate railroad commerce -
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
women against alcohol! in the name of the lord! -
Margaret Sanger
mother of birth control, established first birth control clinic! feminist icon! -
Sherman Antitrust Act
outlawed trusts and monopolies -
How the Other Half Lives
photo journal of lower class and those living in poverty -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
two womens rights groups put aside their differences to become one main power -
Anti-Saloon League
prohibition era union against alcohol and taverns -
Square Deal Policy
teddy roosevelt's ideas on government, protects consumers and natural resources -
Anthracite Coal Strike
miners wanted higher pay and livable conditions -
Elkins Act
made it ok for state to heavily fine disobedient railroads -
Department of Commerce and Labor
in charge of regulating big buisness -
Northern Securities Antitrust
no more mass railroad monopoly -
Pure Food and Drug Act
companies couldn't tamper with foods to preserve/adulter them in any way -
Meat Inspection Act
meat must be killed in sanitary conditions, and can't be mixed with other things and then mislabeled. -
The Jungle
great book on industrial revolution and how it effected the lower class and immigrants,, 10/10 would recommend -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
major factory fire in new york, over 100 casualties -
17th Amendment
each state gets 2 senators -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
third party made around teddy roosevelt -
Federal Reserve Act
federal reserve is now national bank -
Underwood Tariff
federal income tax is a thing again -
Federal Trade Commission
built to protect consumers from unfair banking practices -
Clayton Antitrust Act
strengthened sherman act, no monopolies in congress -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
companies who employed kids under 14 couldn''t sell accross state lines -
18th Amendment
no buying, making or selling alcohol -
19th Amendment
women can vote
