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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
First mass organization among women devoted to social reform. -
Robert La Follette
He was a founder of the Progressive Movement and was big on political reform. -
Interstate Commerce Act
The Interstate Commerce Act created an Interstate Commerce Commission to oversee the conduct of the railroad industry. With this act, the railroads became the first industry subject to Federal regulation. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
First Federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices -
John Dewey
He believed in pragmatism and expressed his view to his students -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This organization was created to earn women the right to vote and other rights of women. -
How the Other Half Lives
This was a book about the slums in cities in the 1880s and was the basis for muckraking. -
Anti-Saloon League
Leading organization lobbying for prohibition. -
Eugene V. Debs
He formed the American Railway Union and was later arrested for it. -
Square Deal Policy
Conserved natural resources, consumer protection, and control of corporations. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
An effort by the United Mine Workers to get higher waves, shorter hours, and recognition of their union -
Lincoln Steffens
One of the most famous muckrackers in the early 1900s and worte about corruption in American cities. -
Elkins Act
Amended the Interstate Commerce Act becuase big users were asking for rebates and forcing them to give something back. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
It tried to create jobs, promote economic growth, and improve standards of livings. -
Ida Tarbell
Investigative journalist and chronicler of American industry -
Northern Securities Antitrust
railroad companies form a monopoly by dissolving the northern securities company. -
Meat Inspection Act
This act prevents misbranded meat and makes sure it was slaughtered and processed in sanitary conditions. -
The Jungle
This book portrayed the harsh living and working conditions. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
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. -
Ida B. Wells
She was a black suffragist who was one of the founders of the NAACP and documented lynching. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Deadliest industrial disaster and many people jumped from the building to have a quick and painless death. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
After a split in the republican party this was created. -
17th Amendment
Popular election of senators voted on by the people of that state -
Underwood Tariff
Its purpose was to reduce levies on goods but a graduated income tax was put into effect. -
Federal Reserve Act
It is the central banking system of the US. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
This act added on to the sherman antitrust act. -
Federal Trade Commission
Promoted consumer protection and wanted to eliminate anti-competitive business practices. -
Margaret Sanger
She was prosecuted over her book Family limitation. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
It prohibited the sale of goods produced by factories employed with children under 14, mines under 16, and any place for children under 16 worked at night or more than 8 hours. -
19th Amendment
Prohibits any US citizen from being denied the right to vote based on gender. -
18th Amendment
Prohibition of alcohol is started
