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Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act created an Interstate Commerce Commision that regulated railroads from becoming monopolies. -
How the Other Half Lives
This novel showed how bad the slums of New York were through graphic description and illustrations. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This association played a big role in the women's rights movement and helped pass the 19th amendment. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Named after Senator John Shernan, this act was the first measure by congress to prohibit trusts. -
Anti-Saloon League
This non-partisan organization that worked to acheive a national ammendment of prohibition. -
Ida B. Wells
Wells was the founder of an anti-lynching campaign sparked from murders of innocent African-Americans. She published many civil rights articles and books throughout her campaign. -
Lincoln Steffens
Steffens worked with the New York City newspaper to uncover corrupt practices of politicians and businessmen. -
Robert La Follette
Follette was a politician of the progressive era who pushed reform legislation -
Square Deal Policy
In efforts to replenish coal production Roosevelt brought the mine owners and the labor representatives together to negotiate a deal that was equal to them all. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
In 1902, coal miners in the Anthracite Coalfields of eastern Pennslyvannia went on strike desiring higher wages and a better working environment. -
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act upheld the rates set by the Interstate Commerce Commision, and gave federal courts the power to end rate description. -
Ida Tarbell
Tarbell wrote the History of Standard Oil exposing the corrupt business practices of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
TR ordered the Department of Justice to take the Northern Securities Company to court for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act. -
The Jungle
This novel unvieled the unsanitary practices in American meatpacking industries. -
The Pure Food and Drug Act
This act was in reaction to journalism about the mishandling and uncleanliness of the manufacturing and transportation of food, drugs, medicine, and alcohol. -
Meat Inspection Act
Prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food. -
Margaret Sanger
Sanger actively pushed federal and state laws to bring birth control information and contraceptive devices to women. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A sweatshop in New York broke out into flames killing 145 workers. This led to protests of working conditions in factiories. -
Eugene V. Debs
Debs was the Socialist party representative and he ran for president 5 different times not winning once. -
17th Amendment
The 17th Amendment stated that the people shall vote for the representatives instead of being elected by state legislatures. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
The progressive party nominated TR because of the renomination of Taft. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
Controlled excessive big business. -
Underwood Tariff
Its purpose was to reduce levies on manufactured and semi-manufactured goods and eliminated duties on most raw materials.Compensated for the loss of revenue, the act also levied a graduated income tax (made legal by ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment earlier that year) on U.S. residents. -
Federal Reserve Act
This bill created the Federal Reserve System to establish economic stability -
Federal Trade Commission
Promotes consumer protection and eliminates and prevents anticompetitive business practices. -
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Clarification of the Sherman Anti-Trust act -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
This act limited working hours of children and forbade the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor -
John Dewey
Dewey wrote "Democracy and Education" to criticize and expand upon the democratic ideas of the enlightened thinkers Rosseau and Plato. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited sale and manufacture of alcohol. Leaded to more organized crime. -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
This Union played a big roll in the passing of the 18th amendment that banned alcohol -
19th amendment
The 19th amendment granted women the write to vote.
