Apush Unit 7 1890-1945 Part 2

Robert La Follette

Jun 14, 1855

He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.

Eugene V. Debs

Nov 5, 1855

Debs was an American union leader, one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World, and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States.

Ida Tarbell

Nov 5, 1857

Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era.

John Dewey

Oct 20, 1859

Dewey was an American psychologist, philosopher, educator, social critic and political activist.

Lincoln Steffans

Apr 6, 1866

Lincoln Joseph Steffans was a New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure's that would later be published together in a book titled The Shame of the Cities.

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Nov 20, 1874

The first mass organization among women devoted to social reform with a program that "linked the religious and the secular through concerted and far-reaching reform strategies based on applied Christianity."

Margaret Sanger

Sep 14, 1879

Margaret Higgins Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. She devoted her life to legalizing birth control and making it readily available to all women.

Interstate Commerce Act

Feb 21, 1887

Act designed to regulate the railroad industry, making sure that rates were "reasonable and just".

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Feb 18, 1890

This was an association made up of the NWSA and the AWSA, that fought for women's suffrage.

How the Other Half Lives

Feb 21, 1890

This was a published photojournalism about the horrid livings conditions of the NYC slums.

Sherman Antitrust Act

Jul 2, 1890

This act prohibited monopolistic business practices.

Anti Saloon League

Feb 21, 1893

The Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century.

Square Deal Policy

Feb 21, 1902

This aimed at helping middle class citizens and involved attacking plutocracy and bad trusts while at the same time protecting business from the most extreme demands of organized labor.

Anthracite Coal Strike

May 12, 1902

The United Mine Workers of America went on strike for higher wages, shorter workdays, and the recognition of their union.

Department of Commerce and Labor

Feb 14, 1903

Its main purpose is to create jobs, promote economic growth, encourage sustainable development and improve standards of living for all Americans.

Elkins Act

Feb 21, 1903

The act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.

Northern Securities Antitrust

Mar 14, 1904

An American railroad trust that was soon shut down by the supreme court.

The Jungle

Feb 26, 1906

Written by Upton Sinclair, this novel explained the negative conditions the immigrants have had to endure in industrialized cities.

Meat Inspection Act

Jun 30, 1906

This act prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

This was an act prohibiting the manufacture or sale of misbranded or poisonous food, drugs, medicine, and liquors.

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Mar 25, 1911

This took place in Manhattan, New York, and was one of the deadliest industrial disasters in the U.S.

Progressive (Bull Moose) Party

Feb 21, 1912

This party was founded by Roosevelt and opposed the conservatism of the regular Republican party.

17th Admendment

May 13, 1912

This allowed voters to cast direct votes for U.S. Senators.

Underwood Tariff

Oct 3, 1913

This re-imposed the federal income tax following the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment and lowered basic tariff rates.

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

This act created and established the central banking system of the U.S. and granted it legal authority to issue Federal Reserve notes.

Federal Trade Commission

Sep 26, 1914

This is an independent federal agency whose main goals are to protect consumers and to ensure a strong competitive market.

Clayton Antitrust Act

Oct 15, 1914

This act is an amendment passed by the U.S. Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

Sep 1, 1916

This was the first federal statue to impose restrictions on child labor.

19th Amendment

Jun 4, 1919

This amendment granted all American women the right to vote.

18th Amendment

Feb 20, 1933

This prohibited the manufacture, transportation, or sale of intoxicating liquors.

18th Amendment

Feb 20, 1933

This prohibited the manufacture, transportation, or sale of intoxicating liquors.

Ida B. Wells

Jul 16, 1962

Wells was an African American journalist and activist who led an anti-lynching crusade in the United States in the 1890's.