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Jane Addams
Jane Addams born in 1860, was a Progressive reformer and the most prominent advocate for the settlement house movement. The settlement house movement was to improove the living conditions of immagrants and people living in slums. In 1889, Addams and her friend Ellen Gates Starr co-founded Hull House in Chicago. This gave immagrants a place to stay. -
corrupt practices reform
An example of a law set to reform corrupt practices is the Sherman Antitrust Act. This Act requires the federal government to investigate trusts, companies, and organizations that presumed to have violated the rules. -
Buisness Reform
The buisness reform was very important to the progressive era. IT made the economy a bit better witch gave more people jobs. This was a positive reform beause it granted jobs and made the economy better -
William Jennings Bryan
In 1896, William Jennings Bryan, won the Democratic presidential nomination. The platform officially declared that Democrats were in favor in America. He became best known for his defense of creationism and attack on evolution in the Scopes Monkey Trial in Dayton. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. He was the 26th U.S. Republican president. Teddy launched a collection of progressive policies known as the Square Deal. The square deal vowed to not single anyone out and keep everyone equal -
social justice reform
Women had long, labor intensive jobs that was an injustice. Women had to work longer and harder, just because they were women. In 1903, a law was passed in order to cut their workday down to 10 hours. This law fixed a big injustice in society, and connects to the progressive movement because it made life better for women. -
Public service reform
The Pure Food and Drug act was installed as a mean of public service reformed. This helped the citizens by guarenteeing that all food and medicine sold, manufactured, and transported contained no harmful items. This took steps towards creating a better life for the citizens which was the goal of the Progressive era. -
Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell was a muckraker during the progressive era. She was a teacher, an author and a journalist. She is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company. Ida tried to reform the oil companys. -
Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs was Born in the Terre Haute, Indiana in 1855. Debs was a socialist. In the progressive era, he was considered progressive -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was the author of the graphic novel called The Jungle. The Jungle showed the people what really went on in the meat packimg industry. The workers had horrible working conditions and made and produced meat in theese gross areas. Upton Sinclair was a progressivist becasue he wanted to show people how the meat was being produced and the wanted the people to know so that they can make changes. -
H.G. Wells
HG Wells made an idea called eugenics.
he also belived in Human rights. Such as the fact that people shouldent be working in theese conditions. Wells was a large impact in the reform. -
Hiram Johnson
A founder of the Progressive party, he was Theodore Roosevelt's running mate. Between 1910 and 1914, under Governor Hiram Johnson’s political leadership, the California legislature expanded state government first by breaking the economic and political power of the Southern Pacific Railroad. This was what people wanted so that they could lower the prices. -
16th amendment
the sixteenth amendment allows the Congress to levy income taxes without apportioning it among the states or basing it on the United States Census. This means, The Congress has power to collect taxes on incomes, from whatever source derived, without apportionment among the several States, and without regard to any census. This made it fair for everyone and everyone had to pay taxes -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States. He served two terms. Wilson was a leading Progressive, arguing for a stronger central government and fighting for anti-trust legislation and labor rights. -
17th amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment was for the direct election of Senators by the people rather than by the state legislatures. In the aftermath of the seventeenth amendment, the checks and balances derided by Woodrow Wilson would gradually diminish. -
Charles V Hughes
One could argue that Hughes most significant act was to elevate the Supreme Court to a level of status and prestige that made it clearly equal to the Legislative & Executive branches of Government. Also, Hughes ran for president in 1916 -
labor reform
the labor reform allowed working conditions to be better and installed child labor laws. Theese people had children working 10 hour shifts in horrbile working conditons. This reform help shape the way we work today -
19th amendment
the nineteenth amendment was the allowing right for women to make a vote in the united states presidential debate. This was a positive reform to this era because it helped the debates and it made woman feel more empowered. -
18th amendment
the eighteenth amendment prohibited the invent and sale of alcohol in America. The government did this becauae the wives wanted the men to come home and be with their families instead of going to the taverns and getting drunk -
Robert La Follette
Robert La Follette, reformed the nation's voting system by setting up the direct primary. This allowed citizens to select nominees for upcoming elections. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin from 1906 to 1925.
