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The Women's Christian Temperance Union was the first mass organization for women and was influential towards the 18th amendment.
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The Interstate Commerce Act regulated the railroad industry's molopolistic practices.
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The National American Woman Suffrage Association played an important role in passing of the Nineteenth Amendment.
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How the Other Half Lives was a book of photojournalism portraying the conditions of New York City slums.
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The Sherman Antitrust Act prohibited competitive business ventures and allowed the federal government to investigate trusts.
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The Anti-Saloon League was founded in 1893 and was for prohibition. It's biggest triumph is the 18th amendment.
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Eugene V. Debs founded the Socialist Party of America in 1901. He ran for presidency many times under this party.
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Roosevelt's platform was known as the Square Deal, and led to many acts such as the Elkins Act.
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This journalist's book was meant to expose the Standard Oil Company, run by John D. Rockefeller.
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Coal miners went on strike in Pennsylvania, threatening to shut down the winter fuel supply of major cities.
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The Department was created during the presidency of Roosevelt and was concered with controlling big business.
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Elkins Act amended the the Interstate Commerce Act and authorized heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates.
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The Shame of the Cities is a series of articles about political corruptness and began ¨muckraking¨ journalism.
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Roosevelt ordered the Department of Justice to take the Northern Securities Company to court for violating the Sherman Antitrust Act, the company was ordered to be dissolved.
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The Jungle is a novel by Upton Sinclair that portrayed the harsh conditions of the meatpacking industry,
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This act was a series of laws to ban mislabeled food and led to the Food and Drug Administration.
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The Meat Inspected Act prohibited meat to be sold that were not processed under sanitary conditioned.
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Ida. B Wells founded the NAACP, an African-American civil rights organization.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire is one of the deadlist industrial disasters in US history. Owners had locked the doors to prevent workers from taking breaks and they were trapped when the fire occured.
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The Progressive Party was formed by Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between him and Taft.
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The 17th Amendment consisted of 3 clauses and established popular vote to the election of US Senators.
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The Underwood Tarriff Act reduced the tarriff on imported goods.
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The Federal Reserve Act established the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States.
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Federal Trade Commission was established by the Federal Trade Commission Act. It promoted consumer protection and the elimination of anticompetitive business practices.
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The Clayton Antitrust Act strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act, which had many loopholes.
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The Keating-Owen Act prohibited the sale of interstate commerce made in factories that hired children under 14, however it was short-lived.
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John Dewey founded The New School, renowed for its teaching and open educational enviornment.
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The Eighteenth Amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
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The 19th Amendment prohibits being denied the right to vote based on your sex,
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Sanger founded the American Birth Control League, which over time would form into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America.
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La Follette ran for presidency in his own Progressive Party, winning almost 5 million votes.
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