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Carrie A. Nation
Carrie A. Nation was a radical member of the temperance movement, who used vandalism to send her message. She used hatchets to rip up taverns and to get her point across. She described herself as bulldog of jesus, that barked at whatever he did not like. -
Jacob Riis
Jacob Riis lived as a newspaper reporter, social reformer, and photographer. He photographed slums and shocked the world with what he found. He called these findings "How the other half lives" and was made famous for it. -
Robert LaFollette
Robert LaFollette was a progressive politician that was even a candidtae for the presidency. He was a known opponent of WWI, trusts, and the League of Nations. LaFollette political career included him as a Wisconsin represenatative, senator, and the governor. -
Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell was a writer, and also an American journalisr in Paris. She worked for a magazine that showed Rockefeller a detailes piece on Monoplies and unfair business tactics. -
Lincoln Steffens
While also being a muckraker, Lincoln Steffens was a journalist, lecturer, and philosophist. Steffens provided solid evidence of politcal corruption of businessman wanting special privileges. He also published infulenitl articles called "The Shame of the Cities." -
Upton Sinclair
As a novelist, Sinclair was also very skilled in debating for Socialism. His novel, "The Jungle", is an enduring work of muckcrakers. His novel was supposed to create sympathy for foreign workers in the meat industry, but instead raised suspicion about the processing of meats. Theodore Roosevelt was the president at the time his book was published. -
Sherman Ani-trust Act
The Sherman Anti-trust Act was established to prohibit business practices that were anticompetitive. This was passed in order to help regulate possible monopolies and obvoiusly against trusts. -
US v EC Kight &Co, 1895
Also known as the "Sugar Trust Case", this case was a result of the fairly new Sherman anti-trust act. The American Sugar Refining company acquired a few more businesses and had a 98% monopoly in that industry. The question was if it fell into a monopoly category because it was manufacturing and not distributing. The court said that maunfacturing monoplies would be judged by the state governments. -
Jane Addams Hull House
Jane Adams was a co-founder of the Hull House. This house was started to house European Immigrants in Chicago, Illinois. The Hull House grew to multiple buildings in abiout 20 years, and in 1920 it had grown to 500 houses nation wide. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
In pennsylvanis, the United Mine Workers of America striked for better wages, shorter work days, and union recognition. This threatened the feul situation, so President Roosevelt stepped in. This was the first strike in the US that the US government acted as a nuetral arbitrator. -
Northern Securities vs. US
This case was a product of James Jerome Hill using a holding company to control his ownership of 3 railroads. This was looked at as a stepping stone for a Hill getting control of a monopoly. President Theodore Roosevelt pushed for a case, and ended up making Hill disperse the holding company into 3 indiviual companies. -
Muckraking
Muckrakers were writers who showed detailed decsriptions of political and economic troubles due to big powerful businesses. -
Payne Aldrich Tariff, 1909
The Payne-Aldrich Tariff Act lowered the Tariffs of certain products coming into the US. William Howard Taft was the president at this time, and this angered many of his supporters. This create a split of the republican party: some in support of Taft, and others with more progressive ideals to support Teddy Roosevelt. This split gave the Democrats power. -
16th Amendment
The 16th amendment was added to the constitution and added an income tax. Congress does not have to base taxes on census reports. -
Mann Elkins Act
This progressive act extended the power of the Interstate Commerce Comission. This allowed them to regualte industries such as the telephone and telegraph. More control of the Railroads was also areason for this act. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Ignited by a cigarette, this factory fire was the death of 146 people. The owners were tired of workers taking smoke breaks, so they locked the door, and when the fire was blazing, the workers had no way out. Some people that refused to b urn decided to jump out of the building to their death. William Taft was the president during this time. -
American Tobacco vs. US
The decision made by the supreme court ecided that the American Tobacco Company was trying to control a monopoly within the rugulations of the Sherman anit-trust act and that there practices were restraining trade. For better competition, the American Tobacco Co. was split into 4 companies. -
Election of 1912
After Theodore Roosevelt was not nominated for the Republican party, he went off and created his own party: the Bull-Moose party. He took some of the Reublican support with him to the progressive party, which weakened the republican power. This split of the party caused the Democrats to gain control and Woodrow Wilson became the President. -
Bull-Moose Party
After Roosevelt was not nominated as the Republican candidate, he still wanted another term. He diceded to form his own Progressive party, better known as the Bull-Moose Party. This was the reason the Democrtas took control: it cause a split in the Republican party. -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment added the direct election of senators to the Constitution. Before this, Senators were elected by state governements. This amendment made it possible for citizens to elect the senators. -
18th Amendment
The 18th amendment is the only amendment to ever be reapealed. It made the selling and transporting of alcohol illegal. This caused a very high increase of crime, and organized crime flooded courts and prisons. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment to the Constituion gave women the right to vote. It stated that a person could not be denied the right to vote based on their sex. Susan B. anthony and Elizabeth cady Stanton were the main leaders of the womens suffrage movement. -
Federal Reserve Act
signed by President Woodrow Wilson, this Act created a central banking system for the US and created a set currency for the country. 12 banks were set up across the country to play the role of the "Banks bank."
