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Progressive Era
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William Jennings Bryan
Democratic President in 1896, he called for a higher income tax, federal insurance for bank deposits and the freedom to join a union and go on strike. -
Eugene Debs
Called a boycott against trains who used Pullman cars, called the Pullman strike. He also helped found the American Railway Union (ARU). -
H.G. Wells
Writer from Great Britain who wanted to improve social reform through his various works such as "A Modern Utopia," which talked about smart people and how they should take control in society. -
Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy tried to create a balance between workers and their employers. He said that he would give workers a fair deal, and treat them based on their characer, not their social class. -
Business Reform
Teddy Roosevelt's ' Square Deal, ' said that every man deserves a fair chance, and talks about trustbusting. This deal makes the American worker hopeful of reform. -
Public Service Reform
Congress passed the Newlands Reclamation Act, which allowed money from the sales of public land to be used for farming which was making damaged land able to produce again. Also, in 1908, the National Conservation Commission studied National resource issues and environmental problems. -
Lincoln Steffens
Lincoln published 'The Shame of the Citites,' which talks about the corrupt political machines in a many U.S. cities. Steffens, the self-proclaimed 'first muckraker,' simply wanted to show the public that this kind of stuff was really going on, and they didn't even care enough to stop it. -
Corrupt Practices Reform
Robert La Follette was able to identify the corrupting influence of large corporations on both state and national governments. The Wisconsin Idea, which basically served as a feedback system. -
Robert La Follette
He wanted to seperate business and politics. He also wanted to regulate the fares of railroad industries. -
Upton Sinclair
As one of the most famous muckrakers of his time, he wrote 'The Jungle,' telling tales of the meat industry and how unsanitary it really was. -
Charles Evans Hughes
The 11th Chief of Justice in the United States, Charles Evans Hughes called for reform and modernized state government. He did this by allowing the governor to have more power in his/her administration. -
Woodrow Wilson
Wanted a strong central government, and fouht for anti-trust legalization and labor rights. -
Social Justice Reform
The Bull Moose Party, formerly known as the Progressive Party, fought for and won the right for women to vote in elections. -
Hiram Johnson
Teddy Roosevelt's running mate in the 1912 election. He was an important person in the introduction of a new law which made it so state officials could be recalled. -
16th Amendment
This amendment, passed in 1913, said that congress had the right to collect income tax without having to divide it equally among the states. -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment, passed in 1913, said that the senate of the United States should be made up of two senators from each state, who are elected by the people, for six years. It also talks about what happens if there is a vacancy in the senate. -
Jane Addams
A leader in womens' suffrage and world peace. She was the first woman to receive a nobel peace prize (in 1931) and is recognized as the founder of the social work profession. -
Labor Reform
In 1916, Congress passed the Keating-Owen Act, which limited and forbidded child labor. National Child Labor Committee tried to have child labor regulated for years. -
18th Amendment
This amendment, passed in 1919, but not effective until 1920, forbidded the sale, production, and transport of alcohol. The Volstead act helped to reinforce the 18th amendment. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment, passed in 1920, made it so no US citizen could be denied the right to vote based on gender.
