progressive era

By erinnelaine

  • The Sherman Antitrust Act

    was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit monopolies.

  • The National Consumers’ League

    established by social and political reformer Florence Kelley (1859 – 1932) fighting against 'sweatshops'.

  • Northern Securities Company

    President Roosevelt takes J.P. Morgan’s Northern Securities Company to court for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in his “trust-busting” efforts to break up Big business monopolies.

  • Department of Commerce and Labor

    Department of Commerce and Labor established to reduce tensions between management and labor. It includes a division called the Bureau of Corporations, with the authority to investigate and regulate corporations without having to sacrifice economic efficiency by breaking up the trusts

  • The Square Deal Policy

    The Square Deal Policy in which President Roosevelt supports progressive and aggressive political reforms, including the heavy regulation of business. Conservation was a cornerstone of his domestic policy

  • womens suffrage

    1890: In 1890 the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association
    groups united to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)