Progressivism

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  • WCTU Temperance Union

    WCTU Temperance Union

    -Founded in Cleveland
    -Wanted to make prohibiton more effective
  • Muckrackers

    Muckrackers

    -Wrote about the corrupt side of business in mass circulation magazines
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act

    -Stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines.
    -Required truthful labeling
  • Rober M. La Follette

    Rober M. La Follette

    -Major target was railroad industry
    -Taxed railroad propert at the samerate as other business property.
    -Set up a commission to regulate rates.
    -Forbade railroads to issue free passes to state officials.
  • NAACP

    NAACP

    -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    -Wanted whole equality among races