Progressive Era

By ktullis01

  • Theodore Roosevelt elected as the 26th president

    Theodore Roosevelt elected as the 26th president
    formed the Progressive Party

  • Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act
    required federal inspection of meat sold and set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act
    prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs

  • William H. Taft elected as the 27th president

  • NAACP

    NAACP
    ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination

  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment
    income taxes

  • 17th Amendment

    the people elect senators

  • Election of 1912

  • Woodrow Wilson elected as 28th president

    Woodrow Wilson elected as 28th president
    called for reform of the banking system

  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment
    prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages

  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment
    granted women the right to vote