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Women's christian temperance union
WCTU first mass organization devoted to social reform and linked with religous christian stratiges -
Interstate commerce act
Designed to regulate the rail road industry. Required rail road rates to be reasonable and just -
National american women suffrage assosiation
NAWSA merged the National women suffrage assosiation and the american women suffrage assosiation -
Sherman Anti-trust act
This act prohibits certain business activities that are deemed anti-competitive -
How the other half lives
Jacob Riis documentation of the squad living onditions in the tennants of New york. -
Lincoln Steffens
New york reporter, famous for his shame of citites series. -
Anthracite coal strike
A strike of the United mine workers of America. Miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays, and regconition of their union. -
Elkins Act
Authorized the interstate commerce act to impose heavy fines on rail roads that offered rebates, and upon shippers that offered these rebates -
Department of commerce and labor
Short lived cabinet department of the united states government that was concerned with controlling the execess of big buisnesses -
Square deal policy
Theodores program formed on the ideas of conservation of natural resources, control of coporations, and consumer protection. -
Northern securities Anti-trust
Supreme court case that ruled 5 to 4 against the stock holders of the Great northern and the northern pacific rail road companies -
Pure food and drug act
An act preventing the production, sale, or transportation, of aldutered, misbranded, or poisounous food, drugs, and medicines. -
The Jungle
A book written by Upton Sinclair to potray harsh conditions and exploited lives of immigrants in the United states -
Meat inspection act
Prevents aldutered or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food, to ensure the sanitary slaughter of meat -
Triangle shirt waist fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. 146 deaths -
Ida Tarbell
American teacher, author, and journalist. Thought to have pioneered investigative journalism -
17th admendment
Allowed voters to directly vote for U.S senators -
Federal reserve act
Central banking system issued federal reserve notes -
Underwood Tariff
Imposed the federal income tax -
Clayton Anti-trust act
provided further clarification and substance to the sherman anti-trust act. -
Federal Trade commission
Independent agency of the united states government -
Keating owen child labor act
AKA wicks bill, prohibited the sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that employed children under fourteen -
Anti-Saloon league
Leading organization lobbying for prohibiton in America in the 20th century. -
18th admendment
The admendment that effectivily established the prohibition of alcholic bevrages in the united states -
19th admendment
Extended the right to vote to both sexes. -
Robert la follette
"fighting bob" was an american republican politician and govener of wisconsin -
Ida B. Wells
Was an African-american journalist, newspaper editor, and founder of the National Assosiation for the advancement of colored people. -
John dewy
American philospher influincial in eduction and social reform.
