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Robert La Follette
Republican politician known during the Progressive Era for his frequent clashes with party leaders -
Eugene V. Debs
Union leader during the Progressive Era and Socialist Presidential Candidate 5 times -
Ida Tarbell
American author and journalist that became one of the most popular muckrakers in the Progressive Era and is credited with the foundation of investigative journalism -
John Dewey
Educational and social reformer during the Progressive Era -
Ida B. Wells
African American journalist that was an early leader for the Civil Rights Movement -
Lincoln Steffens
New York reporter whose articles would later be published together in a book called The Shame of the Cities -
Women's Christian Temperance Union
The first major organization of women devoted to social reform -
Interstate Commerce Act
federal law made to regulate the railroad industry -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Government attempt to end monopolized industries by prohibiting certain business operations, primarily those that were seen as anti-competitive -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Organization whose focus was on women's suffrage -
The Anti-Saloon League
The primary organization that supported prohibition during the Progressive Era -
Square Deal Policy
Roosevelt's pledge to not confine his policies to any one belief or group but to be fair among all politcal reforms -
The Anthracite Coal Strike
Coal Miners in Pennsylvania strike for higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their labor union -
The Elkins Act
Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act that allowed the U.S. government to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates. -
The Department of Commerce and Labor
Controlled the excesses of big businesses throughout the United States -
The Northern Securities Case
The Northern Securities Company attempts to sue the United States government for illegal restraint of trade -
Pure Food and Drug Act
An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. -
The Meat Inspection Act
Federal law that ensured that no meat was adulterated or misbranded and then sold to the public. Ensured that the entire process of packing the meat was sanitary. -
How the Other Half Lives
Book written by Jacob Riis in an attempt to exploit the harsh living conditions in the New York City slums. -
The Jungle
Novel written by Upton SInclair in an attempt to exploit the harsh conditions that many industrial American cities had to offer along with many other important issues -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Factory fire in New York City and is considered one of the most disastrous industrial disasters in U.S. history -
The Progressive Party
American political party founded by Theodore Roosevelt after he split from the Republican Party due to his dispute with William Taft -
Underwood Tariff
Reimposed the rate for federal income tax -
17th Amendment
Allowed citizens to vote for their representative senators directly as we do today -
The Federal Reserve Act
Established the Federal Reserve as the central banking authority of the United States -
Federal Trade Commission
Independent government agency that prevents businesses from practicing deceptive or unfair practices on their consumers -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Provided further clarification to the laws imposed by the Sherman Antitrust Act years before -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
federal law that set restrictions on the use of child labor -
18th Amendment
Prohibited the making, selling, and purchasing of alcoholic beverages within the United States -
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote
