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Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
It was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and President William Howard Taft. -
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
This was the first mass organization among women devoted to social reform through applied Christianity. -
Margaret Sanger
Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. -
Interstate Commerce Act
This act was designed to regulate the railroad industry. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
The National American Woman Suffrage Association was created to work for women's suffrage in the United States during this time period. -
How the Other Half Lives
This book documented the squalid living conditions in New York City slums in the 1880s -
Sherman Antitrust Act
A federal law passed in 1890 that committed the American government to opposing monopolies. -
Anti-Saloon League
The Anti-Saloon League was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition in the United States in the early 20th century. -
Eugene V. Debsand and the Pullman strike
He 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 B. Wells brought her anti-lynching campaign to the White House.
Ida B. Wells was an African-American journalist, newspaper editor, suffragist, sociologist, feminist, Georgist, and an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement. -
Square Deal Policy
The Square Deal was Theodore Roosevelt's domestic policy based on three basic ideas: protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources. -
Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell published "The History of the Standard Oil Company". Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American teacher, author and journalist of the progressive era and is thought to have pioneered investigative journalism. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
This was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of Pennsylvania that was for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union. -
Elkins Act
Federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887 -
Department of Commerce and Labor
This was a Cabinet department of the US government, which wanted to controll the excesses of big business. -
Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln Steffens was a reformer during the Progressive Era who wanted to expose the bribery and corruption in the government. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
This was a case that the court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had essentially formed a monopoly, forcing them to dissolve the Northern Securities Company. -
Pure Food and Drug 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. -
Robert La Follette
He was a republican politician known for clashing with other party leaders. He became senator. -
The Jungle
Novel published by Upton Sinclair to expose harsh conditions of industrial cities. -
Meat Inspection Act
Prohibits sale of adulterated/misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured that livestock were slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions. -
John Dewey forms civil rights association
John Dewey forms the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. He formed one of the earliest and most influential civil rights organization in the US. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. -
17th Amendment
This allows regular voters to elect their Senators. -
Federal Trade Commission
Founded with the purpose to protect consumers and to ensure a strong competitive market. -
Underwood Tariff 1913 passed
Its purpose was to reduce levies on manufactured and semi-manufactured goods and to eliminate duties on most raw materials. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act was passed by Congress to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system. -
Clayton Antitrust Act enacted
An amendment passed by the U.S. Congress that provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
This act was passed by Congress as a means to regulate child labor. -
18th Amendment
This amendment banned of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages. -
Passing of 19th Amendment
This granted American women the right to vote equal to men.
