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Interstate Commerce Act
Railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation. Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, making the railroads the first industry subject to Federal regulation. Congress passed the law largely in response to public demand that railroad operations be regulated. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress to prohibit monopolies. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
united to form the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) - refer to Women's Suffrage. -
Anti Saloon League
formed adding to the force of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union. -
Eugene V. Debs
President of the American Railway Union. His union conducted a successful strike for higher wages against the Great Northern Railway. He gained greater renown when he went to jail for his role in leading the Chicago Pullman Palace Car Company strike. -
How the Other Half Lives
Inspired reform on a national scale. The Department of Labor published The Housing of the Working People, which was the second major tenement study of the decade. Jacob Riis was only the first to expose the conditions that the impoverished lived in using photographs. -
John Dewey
Educator and social reformer establishes a “progressive” school in Chicago. -
The Anthracite Coal Strike
one of America's largest industrial strikes and saw President Roosevelt act as a mediator. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
President Roosevelt takes J.P. Morgan’s Northern Securities Company to court for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act in his “trust-busting” efforts to break up Big business monopolies. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
established to reduce tensions between management and labor. It includes a division called the Bureau of Corporations, with the authority to investigate and regulate corporations without having to sacrifice economic efficiency by breaking up the trusts. -
Lincoln Steffens
the most famous of the American muckraker journalists of the progressive era. His exposes of corruption in government and business helped build support for reform. Major icon in the progressive era -
The Square Deal Policy
President Roosevelt supports progressive and aggressive political reforms, including the heavy regulation of business. Conservation was a cornerstone of his domestic policy -
Ida Tarbell
Investigative journalist, lecturer, and chronicler of American industry, best known for her classic The History of the Standard Oil Company which speaks of the rise of a business monopoly and its use of unfair practices. -
Robert La Follette
Progressive activist was elected to the U.S. Senate. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
passed to protect the public’s health and welfare. -
Meat Inspection Act
passed to protect the public’s health and welfare. -
The Jungle
Was Upton Sinclair's infamous novel that was a story that brought to light the problems in the meat industry. All about getting the government more involved with society problems instead of letting society take care of itself through natural selection. -
Ida B. Wells
African-American journalist, suffragist and Progressive is instrumental in founding the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to challenge racial discrimination. -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Primary purpose was to combat the influence of alcohol on families and society. It was influential in the temperance movement, and supported the 18th Amendment. world prohibition conference in London resulted in the foundation of an International Prohibition Confederation. -
Elkins Act
strengthens the Hepburn Act and gives the Interstate Commerce Commission authority to regulate telephone and telegraph companies. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Responsible for the deaths of 146 sweatshop workers which raises awareness of urban work environments. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
The group became the Progressive Party the following year it called for revision of the political nominating machinery and an aggressive program of social legislation.The party’s popular nickname of Bull Moose was derived from the characteristics of strength and vigour often used by Roosevelt to describe himself. -
Federal Reserve Act
established the Federal Reserve System -
Underwood Tariff
reduced the average tariff on imported goods. -
17th Amendment
was ratified to counter Senate corruption by the direct election of senators -
Clayton Antitrust Act
revises the 1890 Sherman Antitrust Act and bans monopolistic and unfair business practices and affirms the right to go on strike. -
Federal Trade Commission
regulates fair competition among Big business and industry. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
limits how many hours children are allowed to work - also refer to Child Labor in America -
Margaret Sanger
Founded the birth control movement and became an outspoken and life-long advocate for women’s reproductive rights. opened the first birth control clinic in the U.S. Sanger fought for women's rights her entire life. -
The 19th Amendment
passed giving women the right to vote - refer to Women's suffrage -
18th Amendment
assed prohibiting the sale and manufacture of liquor.
