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17th Amendment
two senators from each state, elected by the people thereof, six years; and each senator should have one vote. The electors in each state shall have the qualifications required for electors of the biggest branch of the state legislatures. -
Robert La Follette
Progressive republican governor of Wisconsin, this man wrested control from the corporations and gave it back to the people -
John Dewey
a leading advocate for pragmatism, a “practical, matter of fact way of approaching or assessing situations or of solving problems” -
Ida B Wells
African american journalist, published statistics about lynching, urged African Americans to protest, refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores. -
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Advocated for the prohibition of alcohol, using women’s supposedly greater purity and morality as a rallying point -
Interstate Commerce Act
Regulate the railroad monopoly industry and to have the railroad rates fair. -
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
The new president of the NAWSA, Carrie Catt, continued in trying to secure women’s votes at state government levels before she pushed for an amendment to the Constitution. -
How the Other Half Lives
A series of photojournalism pieces by Jacob Riis showing the living conditions in NYC slums. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Committed the American government to oppose to monopolies. -
Anti Saloon League
A league that brought prohibition elections and etc focused as a big problem. -
Eugene V. Debs
A former railway union leader who was the Socialist party’s candidate for presidency in 1900 and again in 1920, who was a candid fault-finder of business and pushed for labor. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
The United Mine workers wanted better pay and hours. They fought for better work conditions and wanted to recognized as a union. -
Elkins Act
Amended the interstate commerce act, it authorized the interstate commerce commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates -
Department of Commerce and Labor
Established by Roosevelt to deal with domestic economic affairs. Later split into two departments for better management -
Northern Securities Antitrust
the court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies, who had essentially formed a monopoly, and to dissolve the Northern Securities -
Ida Tarbell
Known for writing the "The History of Standard Oil." -
Meat Inspection Act
law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food
ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions -
The Jungle
a novel written to portray the harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the united states in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Were to protect the safety of foods, drugs and etc from being delivered out if there was something in them to be harmful. -
Lincoln Steffens
Known for the "Shame of Cities," which is known for the investigating of the corruption happening within the government. -
Square Deal Policy
Protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
fire that occurred in a locked factory, killing many people. This case had the effect of increasing government regulation of factory safety conditions -
18th Amendment
banned the sale and drinking of alcohol in the United States -
bull moose party
The Progressive Republican Party, renamed the Bull Moose party after Theodore Roosevelt and his claim that he was as strong as a bull moose. -
Underwood Tariff
re-imposed the federal income tax after the ratification of the 16th amendment and lowered basic tariff rates -
Federal Reserve Act
act the established the federal reserve system and which created the authority to issue federal reserve notes -
Clayton Anti Trust Act
The vague speech in the Sherman Antitrust Act, providing numerous loopholes for corporations, Congress passed the Clayton Antitrust Act to clarify and strengthen the previous act. -
Federal Trade Commission
federal agency established that administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Address child labor by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen -
Margaret Sanger
american birth control activist, sec educator, writer and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the United States and established Planned Parenthood, -
19th Amendment
Women’s suffrage. Men and omen with equal voting rights. Right of citizens to vote shouldn’t be denied but the US or by any count of state based on sex.
