Progressive Economic Reforms and Key Events

Sherman Anti-Trust Act

1890

The Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 was a United States antitrust law that was passed by Congress under the presidency of Benjamin Harrison, which regulates competition among enterprises.

"How the Other Half Lives" by Jacob Riis

1903

highlighting the conditions in the slums of New York. Some of his other works that highlighted more in depth views into slum life were Children of the Tenements, The Battle with the Slums, and Out of Mulberry Street.

"The Jungle" by Upton Sinclair

1904

Sinclair wrote the novel to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United States in Chicago and similar industrialized cities.

"The Assembly Line" and Henry Ford

Dec 1, 1931

revolutionized the automobile industry and the concept of manufacturing worldwide.