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The Interstate Commerce Act created an Interstate Commerce Commision that regulated railroads from becoming monopolies.
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This novel showed how bad the slums of New York were through graphic description and illustrations.
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This association played a big role in the women's rights movement and helped pass the 19th amendment.
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Named after Senator John Shernan, this act was the first measure by congress to prohibit trusts.
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This non-partisan organization that worked to acheive a national ammendment of prohibition.
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Wells was the founder of an anti-lynching campaign sparked from murders of innocent African-Americans. She published many civil rights articles and books throughout her campaign.
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Steffens worked with the New York City newspaper to uncover corrupt practices of politicians and businessmen.
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Follette was a politician of the progressive era who pushed reform legislation
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In efforts to replenish coal production Roosevelt brought the mine owners and the labor representatives together to negotiate a deal that was equal to them all.
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In 1902, coal miners in the Anthracite Coalfields of eastern Pennslyvannia went on strike desiring higher wages and a better working environment.
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The Elkins Act upheld the rates set by the Interstate Commerce Commision, and gave federal courts the power to end rate description.
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Tarbell wrote the History of Standard Oil exposing the corrupt business practices of John D. Rockefeller's Standard Oil Trust.
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TR ordered the Department of Justice to take the Northern Securities Company to court for violating the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
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This novel unvieled the unsanitary practices in American meatpacking industries.
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This act was in reaction to journalism about the mishandling and uncleanliness of the manufacturing and transportation of food, drugs, medicine, and alcohol.
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Prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food.
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Sanger actively pushed federal and state laws to bring birth control information and contraceptive devices to women.
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A sweatshop in New York broke out into flames killing 145 workers. This led to protests of working conditions in factiories.
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Debs was the Socialist party representative and he ran for president 5 different times not winning once.
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The 17th Amendment stated that the people shall vote for the representatives instead of being elected by state legislatures.
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The progressive party nominated TR because of the renomination of Taft.
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Controlled excessive big business.
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Its purpose was to reduce levies on manufactured and semi-manufactured goods and eliminated duties on most raw materials.Compensated for the loss of revenue, the act also levied a graduated income tax (made legal by ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment earlier that year) on U.S. residents.
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This bill created the Federal Reserve System to establish economic stability
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Promotes consumer protection and eliminates and prevents anticompetitive business practices.
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Clarification of the Sherman Anti-Trust act
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This act limited working hours of children and forbade the interstate sale of goods produced by child labor
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Dewey wrote "Democracy and Education" to criticize and expand upon the democratic ideas of the enlightened thinkers Rosseau and Plato.
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Prohibited sale and manufacture of alcohol. Leaded to more organized crime.
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This Union played a big roll in the passing of the 18th amendment that banned alcohol
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The 19th amendment granted women the write to vote.
