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Republican politician known during the Progressive Era for his frequent clashes with party leaders
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Union leader during the Progressive Era and Socialist Presidential Candidate 5 times
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American author and journalist that became one of the most popular muckrakers in the Progressive Era and is credited with the foundation of investigative journalism
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Educational and social reformer during the Progressive Era
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African American journalist that was an early leader for the Civil Rights Movement
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New York reporter whose articles would later be published together in a book called The Shame of the Cities
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The first major organization of women devoted to social reform
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federal law made to regulate the railroad industry
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Government attempt to end monopolized industries by prohibiting certain business operations, primarily those that were seen as anti-competitive
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Organization whose focus was on women's suffrage
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The primary organization that supported prohibition during the Progressive Era
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Roosevelt's pledge to not confine his policies to any one belief or group but to be fair among all politcal reforms
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Coal Miners in Pennsylvania strike for higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their labor union
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Amendment to the Interstate Commerce Act that allowed the U.S. government to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates.
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Controlled the excesses of big businesses throughout the United States
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The Northern Securities Company attempts to sue the United States government for illegal restraint of trade
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An Act for preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
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Federal law that ensured that no meat was adulterated or misbranded and then sold to the public. Ensured that the entire process of packing the meat was sanitary.
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Book written by Jacob Riis in an attempt to exploit the harsh living conditions in the New York City slums.
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Novel written by Upton SInclair in an attempt to exploit the harsh conditions that many industrial American cities had to offer along with many other important issues
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Factory fire in New York City and is considered one of the most disastrous industrial disasters in U.S. history
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American political party founded by Theodore Roosevelt after he split from the Republican Party due to his dispute with William Taft
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Reimposed the rate for federal income tax
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Allowed citizens to vote for their representative senators directly as we do today
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Established the Federal Reserve as the central banking authority of the United States
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Independent government agency that prevents businesses from practicing deceptive or unfair practices on their consumers
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Provided further clarification to the laws imposed by the Sherman Antitrust Act years before
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federal law that set restrictions on the use of child labor
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Prohibited the making, selling, and purchasing of alcoholic beverages within the United States
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Granted women the right to vote
