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The Telephone
THe modernization of technology added to the push for societies reform and in some cases helped spread ideas. Alexander Graham Bell recieved his patent on the telephone 1876. -
Haymarket Square Riot
A peaceful labor protest turned into a riot when an unknown preson threw a stick of dynamite at the police. -
Homestead Act
This strike took place in Homestead PA and at the Homestead steel company The final result was a major defeat for the union and a setback for efforts to unionize steelworkers. -
assination of President McKinley
The feeling of anger toward the goverment and rise of "Progressives"; people who wanted major reform of the many social injustices in Amercia had been brewing for several years. -
Roosevelt Takes Presidency
Teddy Roosevelt was the frist Progressive to be president. Witrh him in office changes to the government begun to take off. -
Pure Food and Drug Act & Meat Inspection Act
Roosevelt signed two Acts to improve the quality of Americas food production to be carried out by the Bureau of Chemistry in the U.S. Department of Agriculture which was renamed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. -
17th Amendment
An action taken to remove some of the corruption in the government that makes the election for senators direct. -
Womens Suffurage
19th ammendment gives women the right to vote probably the most might blowing progressive result at the time.
