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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 Trade
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. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
First consumer protection laws and banned foreign food and drugs that were mislabeled. -
Ida B Wells
She was a black suffragist who was one of the founders of the NAACP and documented lynching. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Deadliest industrial disaster and many people jumped from the building to have a quick and painless death. -
Progressive Bull Moose Party
After a split in the republican party this was created -
17th Amendment
Popular election of senators voted on by the people of that state -
Underwood Tariff Act
Its purpose was to reduce levies on goods but a graduated income tax was put into effect. -
Federal Reserve Act
It is the central banking system of the US. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
This act added on to the sherman antitrust act. -
Margaret Sanger
She was prosecuted over her book Family limitation. -
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
Prohibition of alcohol is started -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any US citizen from being denied the right to vote based on gender.
