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Eugene Debs
Eugene Debs grew up in the midwest and left high school to work on the railways. Debs participated in the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and co-founded the Industrial Workers of the World to raise awareness on workers's rights. Monopolies of businesses began to grow and it enraged the workers and leaders like Debs as workers tried to limit work days, wages, ad other improvements. -
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Henry Demarest Lloyd was a muckraker during the Progressive Era. He wrote Wealth Against Commonwealth, which exposed monoplies and the need for antitrust acts. He supported free trade, and the rights of the laborer and the consumer. -
William Jennings Bryan
William Jennings Bryan was a lawyer from Illinios who later went on to politics. He won the House of Representatives in 1890 and served until 1895. He ran for president in 1900 and 1908 but he lost both elections. President Wilson then selected Bryan as his Secretary of State in the 1912 election. -
Robert La Follette
Robert La Follette worked in politics for quite some time, being elected as the governer of Wisconsin and elected to the US Senate in 1906. ˆn Wisconsin, he doubled the taxes for the railroads, broke up large monopolies, preserved land, protected workers's rights, and regulated lobbying. La Follette was against workers being abused and large businesses corrupting the government. He supported the growth of unions. -
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt was the 26th president of the United States. Roosevelt was known for conserving the land. He established many national parks and restricted private developement on government lands. Roosevelt and his administration also set up antitrust cases to prevent businesses from starting monopolies. -
Elkin Act
This act was passed by president Teddy Rosevelt. It stated that railroads must charge set rates. This extended to officials and shippers who would recieve discounts. -
H.G. Welles
HG Welles is an English novelist who wrote about science fiction. He wrote about furturistic technology such as military warcraft. He was a prominate figure on social progress. He later joined the Fabrian Society. -
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair was a novelist and muckraker. He exposed conditions in the meat-packing industry through his novel "The Jungle" which was written in 1906. He also helped put the Pure Food and Drug Act into effect. The act was passed by president Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. -
Charles Evans Hughes
Hughes was an anti-corruption lawyer in New York. He served on counsel of investigating committees who uncovered harmful practices to the public performed by Steves Gas Corporation.He also discovered insurance industry abuse. He secured labor laws, insurance reform, and set up the Public Service Commision. -
Pure Fod and Drug Act
This act required businesses to accurately label ingredients on medicine and food products. This act was passed by presidnet Teddy Roosevelt in 1906. At this time, companies would basically put whatever the felt like into food products and inaccurately label cans. This was brought to light by Upton Sinclair's novel the Jungle. -
16th Ammendment
The first income tax was during the Civil War in 1861. This ammendement states that the Congress as the right collect income taxes without regard to the cencus or dividing it among states. -
Union Labor Party
This was a political party in California. They passed the restriction of the amount of hours a woman could work. They also issued a child labor law. This prompted unions in other states to make the same reforms. -
Hiram Johnson
Hiram Johnson was a lawyer, born and raised in Califronia. He was senator and governer of California. He helped form the Progressive Party in 1912. He supported improving farmlands. He did not like big businesses grasps on the economy and government. His reforms led to a revision of the state's constituiton. He also put the initiative, refendrum, and recall into action. -
Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson was he 28th president of the United States. In 1912 when running for the presidential campaign, he ran on a new program called New Freedom which focused on the indiviudal and state rights. He lowered tariffs through the Underwood Act. He added the Federal Reserve Act to provide the nation with more money when they needed it. He also added the Federal Trade Commision to regulate business affairs. He prohibited child labor and 8 hour work days on the railroad. -
17th Amendment
This amendment states that each state will be represented by two Senators in Senate. The Senators will be elected by the people and will serve for 6 years. This ended corruption and delay when it cameto voting and making laws. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act created 12 district banks. They were allowed to issue new currency and loan memebers of the bank funds with interest. It was established by the Federal Reserve Board. -
Federal Trade Act
This act was passed in 1914 by president Woodrow Wilson. It established the Federal Trade Commision which was in charge of investigating unfair business practices. It was also in charge of preventing monopolies from forming and accurate labeling of products. -
Jane Addams
Addams and a friend bought a house so they could maintain education and philanthropy, and also imporve conditions in the industrial Chicago. Addams gave speeches on peace to rid the world of war. In 1915, she accepted the chairmanship of the Woman's Peace Party and later that year, the presidency of the International Congress of Women. -
18th Amendment
This amendment banned the manufacturing, selling, and transporting of alcohol. It is the only amendment to be repealed. It was ratified in 1933, allowing alcohol to be legal. -
19th Amendment
This amendment gave women the right to vote. Women did not sare all the same rights as men, so they started the sufferage movement. he battle to vote went on for a long 70 years starting in Seneca Falls with Stanton and Mott. They turned the sufferage movement to a national movement.
