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governor who attacked machine politics and pressured the state legislator to require each party to hold a direct primary
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head of the American Railway Union and director of the Pullman Strike
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the father of progressive education, he was a philosopher who believed in learning by doing which formed the foundation of progressive education
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an organization that advocated for the prohibition of alcohol using women's supposedly greater purity and morality as a rallying point
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an American leader who worked to legalize birth control during the 1900s
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a federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry and its monopolistic practices.
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an antitrust law that regulated competition between enterprises under the Presidency of Benjamin Harrison
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emphasized the right to vote for women
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a book written about the New York slums
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African American journalist who published statistics on lynching. It urged African Americans to protest by refusing to ride streetcars or shop in white owned stores
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the most successful political action group that forced the prohibition issue into the forefront of local and state elections and pioneered of the single issue pressure group
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a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania. Miners wanted higher wages, shorter workdays, and recognition of their union.
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New York reporter who wrote "The Shame of Cities" revealing the corporate alliance between big businesses and municipal government
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federal department designed to settle problems between laborers and capitalists
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a federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act
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Ida Tarbell was a muckraker who wrote in the McClure's Magazine. Later she wrote the Mother of Trusts in 1904
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a railroad monopoly formed by J.P. Morgan and James J. Hill which went against the Sherman Antitrust Act
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first of a series of significant consumer protection laws which was enacted by Congress and led to the creation of the FDA
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legislation that prohibited the sale of adulterated livestock and ensured that livestock was slaughtered and processed under sanitary conditions
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a book by Upton Sinclair that was intended to be about workers conditions in the meat factory, however people only paid attention to disgusting conditions leading to the creation to the FDA
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A policy created by Theodore Roosevelt to try and help social issues in America. His the propositions were consumer protection, conservation, and control of companies
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an industrial disaster in NYC that lead to the deaths of 146 people and lead to legislation requiring improved factory safety standards
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a party created by Roosevelt during the election of 1912
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an amendment in the Constitution that calls for the direct election of senators by the voters instead of by state legislatures
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Congressional measure to provide the substantial reduction of rates and the first implementation of a graduated income tax on incomes $3,000 plus
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created 12 district banks that would lend money at discount rates and loosen or tighten credit with nations needs
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anti trust law with a goal of adding further substance to the U.S. anti-trust law regime
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established to preserve competition by preventing unfair businesses practices and investigate complaints made against companies
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sought to address child labor laws by prohibiting the sale in interstate commerce of good produced by factories
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prohibited the sale and manufacture of alcohol
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amendment to the Constitution extended the right to vote to women in federal and state elections
