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Interstate Commerce Act
It was a federal law that was passes to regulate railroad industries, making the railroads the first industry subject to federal regulation. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
It was the first time the Congress prohibited trust or any type of monopolies. -
Ida B Wells
She was an African American journalist, abolitionist, and feminist who led an anti-lynching crusade in America. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This organization merged the NWSA and AWSA and played an important role in passage of the 19th amendment. -
How the Other Half Lives
A photojournalism by Jacob Riis, documenting the harsh living conditions in New York City. -
Anti-Saloon League
A non-partisan organization that focused on the issue of prohibition. -
Eugene V. Debs
He was a former railway union leader who adopted socialism while jailed for the Pullman strike. He was outspoken critic of business and a champion of labor. -
Ida Tarbell
Tarbell was a muckraker who exposed the unfair practices of oil companies in her book, The History of the Standard Oil Company. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
A strike by the United Mine Workers to get higher wages, shorter hours, and recognition of their union. Roosevelt took a non-militant action for the first time in history. -
Elkins Act
A federal law that authorized the Interstate Commerce Act to impose heavy fines on railroads. -
How the Other Half Lives
An organization meant to create jobs, promote economic growth, and improve standards of living. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
Roosevelt won against a combination of railroads called the Northern Securities Company who had formed a monopoly in the supreme court. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
The act was to protect the public against the adulteration of food or drugs. -
Square Deal Policy
Roosevelt's domestic policy based on three ideas, protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources. -
Meat Inspection Act
A law that prohibits adulteration or misbranded meat and ensures that meat are processed under sanitary conditions. -
The Jungle
Novel written by Upton Sinclair that exposed diseased and rotten meat which led to the pass of the Food and Drug Act and Meat Inspection Act. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
A fire caused the many deaths and it brought attention to the dangers of garment and other factories. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
The party reflected on Roosevelt's new nationalism and the party called for women's suffrage, social welfare assistance for women and children, farm relief, and health insurance in industries. -
17th Amendment
Each state should have two senators elected by the people and each senator have one vote. -
Underwood Tariff
It was passed to reduce tariffs while providing for an income tax on revenue for the government. -
Federal Reserve Act
Wilson signed the it into a law in order to give the nation with a safer and more stable monetary and financial system. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
It provided further clarification of the Sherman Antitrust Act such as price discrimination. -
Federal Trade Commission
A federal agency established by the federal trade commission act that outlaws unfair methods of competition. -
John Dewey
He made a significant contribution to the development of education thinking. He founded pragmatism and function psychology. -
Keating Owen Child Labor Act
Congress sought to address child labor by prohibiting that sale in interstate commerce of goods produced in factories that had children under age 14 working there. -
Margaret Sanger
She advocated for birth control and opened the first birth control clinic. She was also a writer and a nurse. -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
One of the first organization of women devoted to social reform based on Christianity. -
19th Amendment
It granted women the right to vote, prohibiting any U.S. citizen to be denied the right to vote. -
18th Amendment
It banned the sale and drinking of alcohol, but it was repealed from the constitution. -
Robert La Follette
He was an American republican, a proponent of progressivism politician, and represented Wisconsin in Congress. He was also a nominee in his own Progressive party. -
Lincoln Steffens
He was a famous muckraker who exposed the corruption in government in a series of articles called Tweed Days.
