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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union Founded
Urged people to become more temperate and religious -
Interstate Commerce Act Passed
This was the first instance of federal regulation; the railroads were regulated -
Sherman Antitrust Act Passed
This act guaranteed that the US government would oppose monopolies or policies "in the restraint of trade or commerce" -
National American Woman Suffrage Association Founded
It was created by the merger of two existing organizations, the National Woman Suffrage Association (NWSA) and the American Woman Suffrage Association -
How the Other Half Lives Published
Details conditions of New York slums -
Anti-Saloon League Founded
This was a large anti-alcohol movement -
Square Deal Policy
Theodore Roosevelt's domestic policy based on three basic ideas: protection of the consumer, control of big businesses, and protection of natural resources -
Robert La Follette
Supported reform legislation while in office -
Anthracite Coal Strike Begins
This was the first strike that the president responded to with non-militant force. Kinda took these guys a while to be civil, huh? -
Elkins Act
Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act; imposed heavy fines on railroads that had rebates -
Department of Commerce and Labor Founded
Created to control excesses of big businesses; it did not last long -
Ida Tarbell Publishes The History Of Standard Oil Company
This book detailed the unfair practices of the company -
Eugene V. Debs
One of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
Pure Food and Drug Act Passed
Prevented the sale of poisonous, deleterious, adulterated or otherwise unsafe foods, drugs, medicines, or liquors. -
Federal Meat Inspection Act
American law that makes it a crime to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food -
The Jungle Is Published
This book details the horrible conditions of factories and specifically the meat industry -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A massive fire that killed 146 workers because the owners had locked the fire exits -
17th Amendment Passed
Allowed for the free election of Senators by the people; there would also be 2 senators for each state -
Bull Moose Party Created
A progressive party founded by Theodore Roosevelt -
Underwood Tariff
Re-imposed federal income tax -
Federal Reserve Act
Created the Federal Reserve System -
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Act specified particular prohibited conduct, the three-level enforcement scheme, the exemptions, and the remedial measures. -
Federal Trade Commission Founded
Administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation -
Margaret Sanger Starts The First Birth Control Clinic
A big step in the reproductive movement -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Prohibited sale of goods from companies that employed children under 14 and mines that employed children under 16 -
18th Amendment Passed
Prohibited sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcohol -
19th Amendment Passed
Women FINALLY get the right to vote
