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Women's Christian Temperance Union Founded
A woman's group that fought for women's rights, prison reform, labor laws, and suffrage. -
Eugene V. Debs Elected Secretary of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
He argued against participation in railroad strikes. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act is a federal law to regulate the railroad industry to keep them from forming monopolies. -
How The Other Half Lives
Written by Jacob Riis, it explained the living conditions in the slums of New York City. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The group worked for women's suffrage. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
This was one of the first measures to prohibit trusts. -
Anti-Saloon League
Organization formed to prevent the consumtion of alcohol and shut down the places that sold alcohol. -
The Red Record
A 100 page pamphelt desribing all of the lynching of blacks since 1863. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
The coal miners working in anthracite coal fields went on strike for having low wages and long hours. -
The United States Department of Commerce and Labor
They helped control the excess of big business. -
Elkins Act
The act allowed the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates and on the shippers who accepted them. -
The History of the Standard Oil Company
A series of articles written by Ida Tarbell that exoosed the the Standard Oil Company for all of their unethically ways. -
The Shame of the Cities
Made up of articles exposing the corruption in government and businesses, The Shame of the Cities helped bring support for reforms. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
Nothern Securities Company violated the Sherman Antitrust Act and went to court with it and as a result the Northern Securities Company was forced to shut down. -
Robert La Follette Elected to Senate
Robert La Follette fought for many reforms and believed in peaceful disputes. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The act was passed to protect the public against adulteration of food and from products identified as healthful without scientific support. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act was passed to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food and to make sure meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
The Jungle
Written by Upton Sinclair, it exposed the horrific conditions of the meat industry. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
One of the deadliest industry fires in New York sparked a series of new regulations and laws that protected the saftey of factory workers. -
Progressive Bull Moose Party formed
Created by Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt hoped that it would allow him to win the election against Taft. -
Seventeenth Amendment
The seventeenth amendment allowed the people to vote for U.S. senators. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act established the central banking system of the United States. -
Underwood Tariff
A reduction to the tariff that allowed for more competitive pricing. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act was an amendment to clarify and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Act. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
This act was made to prevent interstate commerce in the products of child labor. -
First Family Planning and Birth Contol Center in U.S.
Opened by Margaret Sanger, who fought for the use of birth control, a term she coined. -
The New School is Founded
John Dewey and others form a school that taught an emphasizes on free exchange of intellectual ideas in the arts and social sciences. -
Eighteenth Amendment
This amendment abolished the production, transport, and sale of alcohol. -
Nineteenth Amendment
The nineteenth amendment allowed woman the right to vote.
