The Progressive Era

By xochitl98

  • Lewis and Clark Expedition

    President Jefferson sent lewis and clark to map out the new region

  • California Gold Rush

    gold turned up in california a lots of people moved westward to find riches

  • Homestead Act

    This act sold cheap land to citizens to live on and farm on for five years

  • Buffalo soldiers

    the 10th calvary and a group of colored soldiers

  • Theodore Roosevelt

    Theodore Roosevelt became the progressive party leader

  • The Jungle

    Upton Sinclair wrote this book to show the hardships of a meat packeging worker, He disguised himself as a worker and described the conditions of the factoy and the meat.

  • Food and Drug Act

    Food would be inspected for any inpefections and given a stamp of approval

  • Secret Ballet

    Citizens would vote in private rooms

  • Prohibition act

    Stopped the consumption and selling of alcohol

  • 19th Amendment passed

    Gave women the right to vote and be an official citizen