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Jacob Riis and his muckraking career
Jacob Riis was a photographer in the late 19th century and early 20th century that used his camera to show the horrible conditions in the slums of the American streeets. His work showed the living conditions of some to help those in need gain more due to reform in living condition. -
William Byran's Presidential attempts
Byran's campaigns for President was a failure as he was with the Progressive Party which was not the majority vote. Byran lost in the 1908 as well and could not find office with the presidency until Wilson's presidency when he was appointed Secratary of State. -
Carry Nations fight for Prohabition
Carry Nation was a strong fighter against alcohol and bars as men were constantly wasting their hard earned money at bars instead of supporting their families. She and other women with the same ideas decided to take action and went into multiple bars with hatchets and smashed all the alcohol bottles there. -
Trustbusting in the Progressive Era
Trusts were in a sense peace treaties between companies to stop competion and charge more for no real Progress. Teddy Roosevelt was an avid fighter against these trusts with his main target being the Northern Securities Company. in 1904 he made sure the company was dissolved due to its trusts. -
Teddy Roosevlets fight against railroads
In 1903, with the support of Theodore Roosevelt, Congress passed the Elkin Act which helped stop railroads change rates for the worse of the cunsumer as well as prohibating the use of rebates as incentives. -
Battle against unhealthy packaging
Many were upset with Upton Sinclair's book "The Jungle" that a reform act for meat inspection aptly named the Meat Inspection Act in 1906 helped ensure that meat was safe for packaging and shipping. The Pure Food and Drug Act was also created in 1906 and was focused on drugs from pharmacies and other medical areas but had the broader inspection of items going into the consumer. -
Upton Sinclair and his novel: "The Jungle"
Sinclair was the author of the best selling book around the world called "The Jungle" which showed the meat packing industry's horrible working conditions. Theodore Roosevelt read this book and investigated the industry and had the Meat Inspection Act passed thanks to this book. -
Theodore Roosevelt as a Progressive canidate
Theodore Roosevelt was a Republican president from 1901 to 1909 following the assasination of President McKInley. He went on safai in Africa before missing the politcal life and returned to be President once again. After being denied the Republican nominee, Teddy became the Progressive party's nominee, but in the end ultimately lost. -
16th Amendmant passed
The 16th Amendmant allowed the US government to impose income tax on big buisnesse to avoid controversy. This was put into motion due to the Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. case -
17th Amendment passed
The 17th Amendment required the direct election of senators with a popular vote. "Fighting Bob" and William Byran were the key fighters for this cause. -
Jane Addams fights for women's rights
Jane Addams became the leader of the Women's Peace Party and helped fight for women's rights in Congress -
Eugene Debs fight for Peace
Debs was opposed to the Great War (or WWI) and was an active speaker agains the US joining the war and instead having it keep its neutrality in the war. Debs was arrested under the Espionage Act for speaking agains the war in 1918 -
Reformation of Child Labor
The fight for child labor was met with the Keating-Owen Act in 1916 which made it illegal to transfer or sell goods created by child labor involving children under 16 years. In !918 it was deemed unconstitutional as it interfered with state rights to enforce these laws -
18th Amendment Passed
The 18th Amendment prohibated the production, transport, and sale of alcohol which made alcohol illegal. Women were mainly for this Amendment with radicals such as Carry Nation taking action by going to bars and ruining the alcohol bottles with her signature axe -
Robert Follette's fight for Progress
Robert Follette Sr used his power as a senator to help Progressiveism and supported the 17th Amendmant for the election of senators by the public. He also was a fighter against the Railroads charging more for goods to be transported -
19th Amendment Passed
The 19th Amendment made the right to vote a right for any citizen regardless of gender. This Amendment was tohught up by Susan B. Anthony and other women in the womens suffrage movement. -
Woodrow Wilson's reforms
Wilson fought for many different Acts during his first term as the President including child labor reform, income tax reforms, Anti trust reforms, and fedreal conservation acts. -
Hiram Johnson in the Progressive Party
Hiram Johnson was leader to the Progressive party following Theodore Roosevlet's death. However in the 1920 election, he ran for the Republican nominee and basically disbanded the Progressive party that thought of him as their leader -
Charles Evan Hughes' reform for foreign service
The Foreign Service Act helped for Americans overseas that are working wtih the governments of foreign nations. This act helped to give the ambassadors the better salary and time out of the country that they needed -
H.G. Wells' Progressive ideas
H.G. Wells was a progressive thinker who believed strongly in the Socialist and Facist governments. When Facist parties started popping up in Germany and Italy, Wells supported it greatly and constantly argued for Facism
