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Women's Christian Temprance Union
The Women's Christian Temperance Union was a mass organization that believed in emerging religion with secular ideals to promote social reform. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act was passed to create an Interstate Commerce Commission to monitor the conduct of the railroad industry -
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National American Women's Suffrage Associaion
The National American Women's Suffrage Association was an organization that stressed the importance and desire for women's suffrage. -
How the Other Half Lives
"How the Other Half Lives' is a book written by Jacob Riis that portrays living conditions in New York slums. -
Sherman Antitrus Act
The Sherman Antitrust Act outlawed monopolistic business practices. -
Anti-Saloon League
The Anti-Saloon League was an organization that lobbied for the prohibition of alcohol, it got most of its support for the South and rural North. -
Eugene V. Debs
Debs organized the American Railway Union that staged a strike against the Pullman Company of Chicago. -
Ida B. Wells
Ida B. Wells led a protest in Washington, D.C based a anti-lynching campaign and urged McKinley to make reforms. -
Square Deal Policy
The Square Deal Policy was a policy brought forth by Theodore Roosevelt that aimed at helping middle class citizens. 3 C's: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
The Anthracite Coal Strike was a strike of workers in Pennsylvania, the workers were striking for shorter workdays, higher wages, and recognition of their union. It was the first labor strike that had to be neutralized by the government. -
Ida Tarbell
Ida Tarbell published "The History of the Standard Oil Company," which was an expose of the Rockefeller corporation. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
The Department of Commmerce and Labor was created to create jobs, boost the economy,and improve the standard of living. -
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act is a law that amended to the Railroad Act of 1887, it authorized the ICC to impose heavy taxes on railroads that offered rebates. -
Lincoln Steffens
Linconln Steffens published the articles "The Shames of a City." The articles was considered muckraking journalism and it exposed the corrupt political machines in major U.S cities. -
Northern Securities Anit-trust
The Northern Securities Anti-trust was Roosevelt's first example of use the anti-trust legislation to dismantle a monoply. -
Robert La Follete
Robert La Follete was elected U.S Senate. -
The Jungle
The Jungle is a novel written by Upton Sinclair that exposed the harsh conditions of immigrants in Chicago and other industrialized cities. -
Pure Food & Drug Act
The Pure Food & Drugs Act led to the creation of the Food & Drugs Administration (FDA), its purpose was to ban foreign traffic in mislabeled food and drug products. -
Meat Inspection Act
The Meat Inspection Act aims at ensuring that meat and meat products are slaughtered and proccessed under sanitary conditions, it also worked to prevent meat from being misbranded or mislabeled. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire was factory fire in Manhattan, NY; it was the deadliest industrial disaster in the city. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
The Progressive Party (Bull Moose) was found by Theodore Roosevelt. -
17th Amendment
The 17th amendment, which allowed voters to vote directly for the U.S Senate, was passed by Congress. -
Underwood Tariff
The Underwood Tariff was passed with the aims of reducing taxes that applied to manufactured goods, and to grant duty-free raw materials. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act created and established the Federal Reserve System and granted it the authority to grant U.S Dollars. -
Federal Trade Commission
The Federal Trade Commission was founded to promote consumer protection and eliminate the practices of anti-competitive business -
Clayton Anti-trust Act
The Clayton Anti-trust Act sought to strengthen the Sherman Anit-trust Act, it attempts to prohibit certain actions that could lead to anti-competitiveness. -
Margaret Sanger
Sangers published "What Every Mother Should Know" and "What Evey Girl Should Know," the books were significant because they show the rise of feminism. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
The Keating-Owen Child Labor Act limited the amount of hours a child could work and also forbade the sale of goods produced by child labor. -
18th Amendment
The 18th Admendment declared the sale, transport, and production of alcohol illegal. -
19th Amendment
The 19th amendment, which granted women's suffrage, was passed by Congress. -
John Dewey
John Dewey published "The Public and Its Problems."
