Progressivism

By basura

  • NAWSA Forms

    The National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) was formed on February 18, 1890 to work for women's suffrage in the United States.

  • Jacob Riis publishes "How the Other Half Lives"

    Jacob Riis, the city editor of the New York Tribune, publishes "How the Other Half Lives," descibing the living conditions in the New York slums.
    (I couldn't find an exact date as to when it was published.)

  • The Sherman Antitrust Act

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

  • The Erdman Act

    It was passed to ease labor unrest in the railroad industry.
    (I couldn't find an exact date for this.)

  • The Anthracite Coal Strike of 1902

    It was one of America's largest industrial strikes; President Roosevelt was the mediator.

  • The National Child Labor Committee

    The NCLC was established with the goal of eradicating all child labor.

  • The Square Deal Policy

    It was passed after McKinley's assassination; it was in which President Roosevelt supported progressive and aggressive poltical reforms.

  • The Jungle

    Upton Sinclair publishes his book about labor exploitation and the awful working conditions in meatpacking plants.

  • Pure Food and Drug & Meat Inspection Act

    They're both passed to protect the health of the American people.

  • The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

    The NAACP is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909 by Moorfield Storey, Mary White Ovington and W. E. B. Du Bois.

  • 17th Amendment Ratified

    The 17th amendment was ratified to counter Senate corruption.

  • 1913 Underwood Tariff

    It reduceed the average tariff on imported goods.

  • 1913 Federal Reserve Act

    It established the Federal Reserve System.

  • Clayton Antitrust Act

    It revised the Sherman Antitrust Act and bans monopolistic and infair business practices.

  • The Federal Farm Loan Act

    It created twelve Federal Land Banks to provide small farmers with long-term loans at low interest rates.

  • The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

    It limits how many hours children are allowed to work.

  • The Adamson Act

    It establishes an eight-hour day workday for railroad workers.

  • 18th Amendment Ratified

    It prohibited the sale and manufacture of liquor.

  • 19th Amendment Ratfied

    It gave women the right to vote!