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womans christian temperance movement
first mass organization among women devoted to social reform through religion -
interstate commerce act
addressed the problem of railroad monopolies by setting guidelines for how the railroads could do business. -
sherman antitrust act
authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them -
Ida B. Wells
led an anti-lynching crusade -
national american women sufferage movement
Helped create the 19th amendment -
how the other half lives
studies the tenements of New York -
anti saloon leauge
was the leading organization lobbying for prohibition -
John Dewey
his beliefs in education continues to be significant strand in informal education practtice -
Ida Tarbell
was one of the leading muckrakers -
anthracite coal strike
In the end, because of the strike, a new role was established for the Federal Government in labor disputes -
Square Deal policy
Roosevelt pledged not to favor any group of Americans but to be fair to all. -
northern securities anti-trust
supreme court ordered northern securities company to be dissolved -
elkins act
federal law that amended the interstate commerce act -
department of commerce and labor
controlled the excesse of big buisiness -
Lincoln Steffens
wrote the book "The Shame Of Cities" -
eugene v. debs
one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World -
pure food and drug act
prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of misbranded and poisionous foods, drugs, ect. -
meat inspection act
prevented the sale of misbranded meat -
The jungle
exploited the dirty and unsanitary meat packing industry -
Robert La Follette
member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin -
triangle shirtwaist fire
deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city -
progressive (bull moose) party
nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912 -
17th amendment
The senate of the United States shall be composed of 2 senators from each state -
underwood tariff
re-imposed the federal income tax and lowered basic tariff rates -
federal reserve act
established the federal reserve system -
clayton antitrust act
provides further clarification and substance to the Sherman Antitrust Act -
federal trade commission
independent agency of the U.S government -
keating- owen child labor act
restricted how many hours a child works -
18th amendment
established the prohibition of alcohol -
19th amendment
prohibits any citizen from being denied the right to vote -
margaret sanger
opened the first birth control clinic in the United States
