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Progressive Era
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Labor Reform
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) was a federation that tried to get fewer working hours and higher wages for workers during the progressive era. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d0/AFL-label.jpg -
Jane Addams
She founded the hull house which was a immigrant settlement house. The hull house contributed to progressivism by starting to let immigrants live better lives and be able to get education and other things. http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/A/Jane-Addams-9176298-1-402.jpg -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt was the president from 1901-1909. After his presidency he went on an expedition to Africa, after he came back from Africa the progressive party asked him to be their republican canadate. Teddy Roosevelt was know as a "trust buster" because hated corporations that used trust to raise prices. http://ted.solotogether.com/wpimages/wpba133352.jpg -
Business Reform
The Elkins Act made it so the railroads could not offer rebates unless they wanted to pay a heavy fine. This was important during the progressive era because it changed the way a business could price their items. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pGNOwoSVwHs/T7fd9O_iYgI/AAAAAAAAAVY/l444pPsw3nA/s640/World-wide-Railroad-Railway-Track-new-and-Old-picture-19.JPG -
Ida Tarbell (Muckraker)
Ida Tarbell was an American journalist who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company which led to the breakup of The Stand Oil Company Monopoly. http://hulshofschmidt.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/ida-tarbell-thumb1.jpg -
Eugene Debs
Debs was the leader of the socialist party and ran aganist Woodrow Wilson in the 1912 election. He was the outspoken leader of the labor movement. Debs was very important in the progressive era for finding the Industrial Workers of the World. The IWW was looking to make a workers union for America. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Eugene_V._Debs,_bw_photo_portrait,_1897.jpg -
H.G Welles
H.G wells was a writer from Great Britain who wanted to improve social reform through the Fabian society. He wrote a book about how people should take control of society called A Modern Utopia. Some say that he was the father of the progressive era because of his book. http://books.google.com/books/about/A_Modern_Utopia.html?id=t5xFmAEACAAJ -
Robert La Follette
Robert La Follette was the senator for Wisconsin from 1906-1925. During his time as senator he campaigned for child labor laws, social security, women's suffrage, and other progressive reforms. He also was a trust buster and targeted the railroad industry to try and regualte rates. http://www.lafollette.wisc.edu/images/LafLegacy/LaF%201922.jpg -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was very important in the progressive era by being a muckraker. He wrote a novel called The Jungle which exposed horrible details of the meat packing industry in Chicago. After the Jungle was published public awareness was raised and it started to form todays FDA. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/53/TheJungleSinclair.jpg/200px-TheJungleSinclair.jpg -
Corrupt Practices Reform
The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a act that made sure all meat that went through a meat plant was inspeceted by officials before it was sent out to the public. It was important to the progressive era because it improved food for the public. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/52/Chicago_meat_inspection_swift_co_1906.jpg -
WIlliam Jennings Bryan
Ran for president in 1908 for the thrid time, aganist teddy roosevelts hand picked canadate, William Taft. Bryan received a total of 493 electoral votes, the most of any candidate in American history who never won the presidency. Bryan was the most popular Chautauqua speaker. For the presidency of 1912 he was appointed secretary of state. http://www.biography.com/imported/images/Biography/Images/Profiles/B/William-Jennings-Bryan-9229920-1-402.jpg -
Social Justice Reform
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is an African-American civil rights organization. This organization wants to secure the rights and liberties of all people and to eliminate racism and discrimination in the U.S. They were important during the progressive era beacause colored people did not have the same rights white people had and they pushed for equality. https://si0.twimg.com/profile_images/1232881330/naacp_logo_fb.jpg -
Charles Evans Hughes
Charles Evans Hughes was elected New York state governor in 1906 and served until 1910 and went on to serve as a justice for the Supreme Court from 1910 to 1916.He was important during the progressive era because he helped with social reforms by lowering working hours and improving safety. http://c250.columbia.edu/images/c250_celebrates/remarkable_columbians/240x240_bio_hughes.jpg -
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson was the Govener of California from 1911-1917 in 1912 he became Theodore Roosevelt's Vice President. He was supported by social reformers and part of the Progressive Party. He was important to the progressive era becaue he fought for industrial workers, child labor restrictions, and women's suffrage. http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-media/80/24980-004-6D2B3ECC.jpg -
Woodrow Wilson
He was the 28th President of the United States, in office from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he signed the 19th amendment allowing women's right to vote. He also expanded the federal government to regulate businesses because he favored small businesses and farmers and dislkied trusts. http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2009/02/24/timestopics/WOODROW-WILSON_190.jpg -
16th Amendment
The 16th amendment was proposed in 1909 and ratified in 1913. The amendment authorizes a national tax based on an individual income. This amendment was important to the progressive era because it was a way to fund needed government programs fairly. http://www.depreciationguru.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/100-Years-of-Income-Tax.jpg -
17th Amendment
Ratified in 1913, the Seventeenth Amendment, authorized voters to elect their senators directly. This was a significant change in the Progressive era that was apart of Political Reform. This was a law that made it easier for bosses to control the government. http://georgiainfo.galileo.usg.edu/gastudiesimages/17th%20Amendment%202.jpg -
18th Amendment
The 18th amendment is the amendement that started prohibition. Ratifying this amendment is very important to the progressive era because during this time one main goal of the progressive movement was to purify government and support prohibition in order to destroy all political power. http://rhapsodyinbooks.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/no-drinking-sign.jpg -
19th Amendment
The 19th Amendment was ratified in 1920. It granted women full voting rights, a long battle they had been fighting for years. Ratifying this amendment is important to the progressive era because during this time women were not treated the same as men. This right gave men and women equal voting rights. http://www.sreweb.com/bulletin/amendment.jpg
