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Womens Christian Temperance Union
First mass organization among women devoted to social reform. -
Robert La Follette
He was a founder of the Progressive Movement and was big on political reform. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry and keep prices from getting out of control. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This organization was created to earn women the right to vote and other rights of women. -
How the other half lives
This was a book about the slums in cities in the 1880s and was the basis for muckraking. -
John Dewey
He believed in pragmatism and expressed his view to his students -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Prohibits certain business activities that are anti-competitive and require investigation. -
Anti-saloon League
Leading organization lobbying for prohibition. -
Eugene V. Debs
He formed the American Railway Union and was later arrested for it. -
Square Deal
Conserved natural resources, consumer protection, and control of corporations. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
Strike by the coal workers in Pennsylvania for higher wages and shorter work days and resulted in 9 hour shift and a 10% wage increase. -
Elkins Act
Amended the Interstate Commerce Act becuase big users were asking for rebates and forcing them to give something back. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
It tried to create jobs, promote economic growth, and improve standards of livings. -
Lincoln Steffens
One of the most famous muckrackers in the early 1900s and worte about corruption in American cities. -
Ida Tarbell
She wrote the book the "The History of the Standard Oil Company" and depicted the oil industry as horrible and crabby. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
Railroad companies form a monopoly by dissolving the northern securities company. -
Meat Inspection Act
This act prevents misbranded meat and makes sure it was slaughtered and processed in sanitary conditions. -
The Jungle
This book portrayed the harsh living and working conditions of the common american laborer -
Pure Food and Drug Act
First consumer protection laws and banned foreign food and drugs that were mislabeled and would also lead to the creation of the FDA -
Ida B. Wells
She was a black suffragist who was one of the founders of the NAACP and documented lynching. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911 was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city, and one of the deadliest in U.S. history. It was a tragedy that opened the nation's eyes to poor working conditions in garment factories and other workplaces, and set in motion a historic era of labor reforms. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
The Progressive Bull Moose Party was created after a split in the republican party. -
17th Amendment
Popular election of senators voted on by the people of that state. The 17th amendment is important because it actually broke the United States Government and broke the balance of power between the federal government and the state governments by requiring the direct election of Senators. -
Underwood Tariff
Its purpose was to reduce levies on goods but a graduated income tax was put into effect. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act is an Act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, and which created the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes as legal tender. The Act was signed into law by President Woodrow Wilson. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Passed by the U.S. Congress in 1914, this act meant to further promote competition in U.S. businesses and discourage the formation of monopolies. This act prohibited price discrimination, price fixing, and exclusive sales contracts. -
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Sanger, founder of the birth control movement in the United States and an international leader in the field. Margaret Sanger believed that the only way to change the law was to break it. -
Federal Trade Commission
Promoted consumer protection and wanted to eliminate anti-competitive business practices. -
Keating Owen Child Labor Act
It prohibited the sale of goods produced by factories employed with children under 14, mines under 16, and any place for children under 16 worked at night or more than 8 hours. -
18th Amendment
It is important to note that the 18th Amendment did not prohibit the consumption of alcohol, but rather simply the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages. -
19th Amendment
granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. It was ratified on August 18, 1920 after a long struggle known as the women's suffrage movement.
