Unit 7 - Progressive Era

Woman’s Christian Temperance Union

Nov 25, 1874

The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union was created during this year and they wanted more rights for women.

Interstate Commerce Act

Feb 21, 1887

The Interstate Commerce Act was set in place to regulate the railroad industry, mostly the monoploies.

National American Woman Suffrage Association

Feb 18, 1890

The National American Woman Suffrage Association wa created to merge the NWSA and the AWSA. Their goal was to get more women rights.

Sherman Antitrust Act

Feb 22, 1890

This was the first act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.

How the Other Half Lives

Feb 23, 1890

This was a book written by Jacob Riis that documented the living conditions of people in the New York slums.

Ida B. Wells

Feb 25, 1892

She lead a protest against the lynching of three respected black businessmen in Memphis. She fled to the north and preserved her campaign there.

Anti-Saloon League

Feb 22, 1893

This League was all about getting rid of alcohol. They wanted to enforce the laws that already existed and they wanted to create even more.

Robert La Follette

Apr 5, 1901

He was a Republican leader that took control of the railways from the companies and gave it back to the people.

Anthracite Coal Strike

Feb 22, 1902

This was a strike where the miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition for their union. The United Mine Workers of America were the ones that went on strike.

Lincoln Steffens

May 25, 1902

Lincoln Steffens launached a series of of articles titled "The Shame of the Cities." He unmasked the corrupt alliances between businesses and governments.

Department of Commerce and Labor

Feb 14, 1903

This department was hort-lived but it was in charge of controlling the excess of large businesses.

Square Deal Policy

Feb 22, 1903

The Square Deal Policy was created by Theodore Roosevelt. It is referred to as the 3 C's. The 3 C's were: control of the corpoations, consumer protection, and conservative of natural resources.

Elkins Act

Feb 23, 1903

This act allowed for heavy fines on the railroads.

Northern Securities Antitrust

Feb 23, 1904

In 1904 the Northern Securites Company was disolved by the Supreme Court. It was a railroad trust before it was dissolved.

Ida Tarbell

Feb 25, 1904

In this year she earned a reputation because she published scathing history of the Standard OIl Company.

The Jungle

Feb 26, 1906

This book was written by Upton Sinclair to show the harsh living conditions of people in Chicago.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Jun 30, 1906

This was an act that prevented the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded food and drug products.

Meat Inspection Act

Jun 30, 1906

This is an act that works to prevent adulterated or misbranded meat and meat products from being sold as food to protect us from eating unsanitary meat products.

John Dewey

Feb 25, 1910

John Dewey set forth the principals of "learning by doing" that formed the foundation of progressive education.

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Mar 25, 1911

This was one of the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York, and one of the deadliest in US history. Many people died because the doors were locked. This led to new saftey standards.

Progressive (Bull Moose) Party

Feb 23, 1912

This was an American political party that was created by President Theodore Roosevelt because there was a split in the Republican party.

Eugene V. Debs

Feb 25, 1912

Debs ran against Woodrow Wilson and William Taft. He ran for the soialist party and gained almost one million votes.

17th Amendment

May 13, 1912

This amendment led to peoeple being able to wote for their own senators.

Underwood Tariff

Oct 3, 1913

This was a tariff act that imposed the federal income tax and lowered the basic tariff rates.

Federal Reserve Act

Dec 23, 1913

This was an act put in place to help create the federal reserve, the banking system of the US.

Federal Trade Commission

Sep 26, 1914

This is an independent agency of the Federal government that was established by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

Clayton Antitrust Act

Oct 15, 1914

This is an act passed to add more clarification to the Sherman Antitrust Act.

Keating-Owen Child Labor Act

Sep 1, 1916

This was an act that tried to help enforce child labor laws by not allowing the sales of certain items if they were produced in factories with kids under a certain age.

18th Amendment

Jan 16, 1919

The 18th Amendment prohibited the sale and production of alcohol illegal.

19th Amendment

Jun 4, 1919

This amendment prohibited states from discriminating voters by their gender. This means women can now vote.

Margaret Sanger

Jan 17, 1923

Margaret was a feminist, She led a movement for the use of contraceptives.