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Founded in 1873, this organization was one of the first to feature proactive women that were devoted to social reform. They supported the Anti-Saloon League and prohibition on alcohol and drugs.
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This act was passed to regulate railroads (especially to stop monopolies)
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It was to prevent artificial price raises of prices by restriction of trade.
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Founded after WCTU, these women's goals were for women's suffrage and everything that encompassed it. Two of their founders were Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
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It documented the squalid living conditions in New York City slums. It contained text and photos.
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Ms. Wells was an African American journalist who was an activist that fought lynching. She also formed the National Association of Colored Women (NACW).
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Founded in Oberlin, Ohio, this league's focus was for prohibition.
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Square deal was proposed by Theodore Roosevelt and had 3 ideals: to protect consumers, control large corporations, and to conserve natural resources.
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The Mine workers of the U.S. wanted higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their unions.
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She was one of the first to use investigative journalism. She wrote about the Standard Oil Company and her works were put together in a book.
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It amended the Interstate Commerce Act and it authorized the ICC to impose heavy fines on railroads.
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It was a Cabinet department of the US government and they were concerned with controlling the excesses of big business.
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He was a New York reporter that wanted to expose the bribery and corruption in the U.S. government. His first story was "The Shame of the Cities"
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It was a case heard by the Supreme Court. The Northern Pacific Railroad companies had formed a monopoly, breaking the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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It prevented the manufacturing, sale, and transportation of misbranded or poisonous food, drugs, medicines, and liquors.
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This act made it a crime to adulterate or mis-brand meat being sold as food
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This novel written by Upton Sinclair, was about the harsh conditions and lives of immigrants in the US in Chicago and similar industrialized cities. It also helped the Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act get passed
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He served as a U.S. senator from 1906 to 1925. During his time, he fought against corporate power holdings and the League of Nations.
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The textile building caught fire after the top floors caught on fire. With no way to get out, workers jumped to their deaths and others died from smoke inhalation or just burned to death.
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The Bull Moose was another nickname for the Progressive Party. It called for major reforms with women's suffrage, social welfare assistance, improvements in banking, health insurance in industries, and worker's compensation
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This amendment gave citizens of the U.S. the right to vote for their state senators
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This Act/Tariff re-instated the federal income tax after the 16th amendment was passed.
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It established the Federal Reserve System and gave it the authority to issue Federal Reserve Notes.
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This Act sought to stop anticompetitve actions before they began.
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The FTC was created by Woodrow Wilson and it administers antitrust and consumer protection legislation in pursuit of free and fair competition in the marketplace.
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John Dewey was an American philosopher who thought that education was a part of democracy. He believed that young minds work best through interaction and hands-on experiences.
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This bill prohibited the sale of goods that were made by children, wanting child labor laws to cease.
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She was an activist for women's birth control and she was the first to open a birth control clinic in th US.
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He was a socialist leader that was sent to 10 years in jail for his opposition to the United States' involvement in World War I.
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It did not outlaw the consumption of alcohol, but it prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages.
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This amendment stated that no one could deny someone from voting based on sex, this was mainly for women. (Some that would try to deny other genders had to accept this too.)
