5 people progressive era

By Cameronjacobs7
  • Hull House

    Hull House

    Co-founder Jane Addams opens Hull House in Chicago Illinois. The Hull House settlement house established for European immigrants.
  • Theodore Roosevelt succeeds

    Theodore Roosevelt succeeds

    Succeeded William McKinley after his assasination as a progressive president and conservationist.
  • The Jungle

    The Jungle

    Journalist, Upton Sinclair, publishes ''The Jungle". Exposing the hazardous and dirty working conditions and food, from the meatpacking industries.
  • Roosevelt passes Pure Food and Drug Act

    Roosevelt passes Pure Food and Drug Act

    Meat inspection in facilities and working conditions made better.
  • William Howard Taft

    William Howard Taft

    Succeeded Roosevelt. Continues trust busting and negotiates rates of the railroad.
  • Trust Buster Taft

    Trust Buster Taft

    Taft busts almost double the amount of trusts that Roosevelt did.
  • Woodrow Wilson elected

    Woodrow Wilson elected

    Won election over William Taft and Roosevelt. Fortified 17th, 18th, and 19th ammendment.
  • Wilson throws the first pitch of baseball.

    Wilson throws the first pitch of baseball.

    The SECOND first pitch that is..
  • Woodrow Wilson Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

    Woodrow Wilson Accepts Nobel Peace Prize

    Wins nobel peace prize in 1919 and accepts it in 1920. For keeping the US out of the war in 1914 he later earns a Nobel Peace Prize.