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Robert La Follette
governor who attacked machine politics and pressured the state legislator to require each party to hold a direct primary -
Eugene V. Debs
head of the American Railway Union and director of the Pullman Strike -
John Dewey
the father of progressive education, he was a philosopher who believed in learning by doing which formed the foundation of progressive education -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
an organization that advocated for the prohibition of alcohol using women's supposedly greater purity and morality as a rallying point -
Margaret Sanger
an American leader who worked to legalize birth control during the 1900s -
Interstate Commerce Act
a federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry and its monopolistic practices. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
an antitrust law that regulated competition between enterprises under the Presidency of Benjamin Harrison -
National American Women Suffrage Association
emphasized the right to vote for women -
How the Other Half Lives
a book written about the New York slums -
Ida B Wells
African American journalist who published statistics on lynching. It urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores -
Anti-Saloon League
the most successful political action group that forced the prohibition issue into the forefront of local and state elections and pioneered of the single issue pressure group -
Anthracite Coal Strike
a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their union. -
Lincoln Steffens
New York reporter who wrote "The Shame of Cities" revealing the corporate alliance between big businesses and municipal government -
Department of Commerce and Labor
federal department designed to settle problems between laborers and capitalists -
Elkins Act
a federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act -
Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote in the McClure's Magazine. Later she wrote the Mother of Trusts in 1904 -
Northern Securities Anti-trust
a railroad monopoly formed by J.P. Morgan and James J. Hill which went against the Sherman Antitrust Act -
Pure Food and Drug Act
first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress and led to the creation of the FDA -
Meat Inspection Act
legislation that prohibited the sale of adulterated livestock and ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions -
The Jungle
a book by Upton Sinclair that was intended to be about workers conditions in the meat factory, however people only paid attention to disgusting conditions leading to the creation to the FDA -
Square Deal Policy
A policy created by Theodore Roosevelt to try and help social issues in America. His the propositions were consumer protection, conservation, and control of companies -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
an industrial disaster in NYC that lead to the deaths of 146 people and lead to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards -
Progressive ( Bullmoose) Party
a party created by Roosevelt during the election of 1912 -
17th Amendment
an amendment in the Constitution that calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of by state legislatures -
Underwood Tariff
Congressional measure to provide the substantial reduction of rates and the first implementation of a graduated income tax on incomes $3,000 plus -
Federal Reserve Act
created 12 district banks that would lend money at discount rates and loosen or tighten credit with nations needs -
Clayton Anti-trust Act
anti trust law with a goal of adding further substance to the U.S. anti-trust law regime -
Federal Trade Commission
established to preserve competition by preventing unfair businesses practices and investigate complaints made against companies -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
sought to address child labor laws by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of good produced by factories -
18th Amendment
prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol -
19th Amendment
amendment to the Constitution extended the right to vote to women in federal and state elections
