Progressive Era

By ktullis01
  • Theodore Roosevelt elected as the 26th president

    Theodore Roosevelt elected as the 26th president

    formed the Progressive Party

  • Upton Sinclair's The Jungle

  • Meat Inspection Act

    Meat Inspection Act

    required federal inspection of meat sold and set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act

    prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs

  • William H. Taft elected as the 27th president

  • NAACP

    NAACP

    ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to eliminate race-based discrimination
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    income taxes

  • 17th Amendment

    the people elect senators

  • Election of 1912

  • Woodrow Wilson elected as 28th president

    Woodrow Wilson elected as 28th president

    called for reform of the banking system
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    prohibited the sale, manufacture, and transportation of alcoholic beverages
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    granted women the right to vote