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17th Amendment
says the senate of the united states should be composed of two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, for six years; and each senator should have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications required for electors of the biggest branch of the state legislatures. -
Robert La Follette
progressive republican governor of wisconsin, this man wrested control from the corporations and gave it back to the people -
Ida Tarbell
famous muckraker, published a devastating but factual exposé about the standard oil company -
John Dewey
a leading advocate for pragmatism, a “practical, matter of fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems” -
Ida B. Wells
She was an african american journalist, published statistics about lynching, urged african americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores -
Lincoln Steffens
a famous muckraker, this man published “The Shame of the Cities” in “McClure’s” Magazine, an article exposing corrupt alliances between corporations and local governments -
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
advocated for the prohibition of alcohol, using women’s supposedly greater purity and morality as a rallying point -
Interstate Commerce Act
U.S. federal law that was designed to regulate the railroad industry, particularly its monopolistic practices. The act requires the railroad rates be “reasonable and just”, but did not empower the government to fix specific rates -
Sherman Antitrust Act
a landmark federal statute in the history of United states antitrust law, or competition law, passed by congress in 1890 under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison -
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
The new president of the NAWSA, Carrie Catt, continued in trying to secure women’s votes at state government levels before she pushed for an amendment to the Constitution. -
How the Other Half Lives
A series of photojournalism pieces by Jacob Riis showing the living conditions in NYC slums. -
Anti-Saloon League
The most successful political action group that forced the prohibition issue into the forefront of state and local elections and pioneered the strategy of the single-issue pressure group -
Eugene V. Debs
A former railway union leader who was the Socialist party’s candidate for presidency in 1900 and again in 1920, who was a candid fault-finder of business and pushed for labor. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
a strike organized by the united mine workers of america that took place in pennsylvania. Notable for Roosevelt’s forcing of the coal corporations to cooperate with the strikers -
Elkins Act
law that amended the interstate commerce act, it authorized the interstate commerce commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates -
Department of Commerce and Labor
established by Roosevelt to deal with domestic economic affairs. Later split into two departments for better management -
Northern Securities Antitrust
the court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had essentially formed a monopoly, and to dissolve the Northern Securities -
Pure Food and Drug Act
preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic there in, and for other purposes. -
Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions -
The Jungle
a novel written to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the united states in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. -
Square Deal Policy
: Theodore Roosevelt’s domestic policy based on three basic ideas: protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
fire that occured in a locked factory, killing many people. This case had the effect of increasing government regulation of factory safety conditions -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
The Progressive Republican Party, renamed the Bull Moose party after Theodore Roosevelt and his claim that he was as strong as a bull moose. -
Underwood Tariff
re-imposed the federal income tax after the ratification of the 16th amendment and lowered basic tariff rates. -
Federal Reserve Act
act the established the federal reserve system and which created the authority to issue federal reserve notes -
Clayton Antitrust Act
because of the vague speech in the Sherman Antitrust Act, providing numerous loopholes for corporations, Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act to clarify and strengthen the previous act. -
Federal Trade Commission
federal agency established that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace -
Margaret Sanger
american birth control activist, sec educator, writer and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States and established Planned Parenthood. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
law enacted by the US Congress which sought to address child labor by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen -
18th Amendment
banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States -
19th Amendment
women’s suffrage. Provides men and women with equal voting rights. The amendment states that the right of citizens to vote shouldn’t be denied but the US or by any count of state based on sex.
