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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
One of the large woman suffrage groups that took action for suffrage and social reforms. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Regulated the Railroad Industry. Required reasonable rates for railroads. -
Sherman Antitrust act
Attempts to prevent restraint to trade or commerce. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Formed to fight for women's suffrage -
How the Other Half Lives
Written by Jacob Riis to exposes the horrid living conditions in the NYC slums. -
Anti-Saloon league founded
Lobbied for prohibition during 1900's -
Ida B. Wells
One of the founders of the NAACP that led an anti-lynching movement during the progressive era. -
John Dewey origin of Pragmatism
One of the founders of Pragmatism. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
Occurred because mine workers demanded higher wages and safer working conditions. Roosevelt settles this situation, benefiting both businesses and workers. -
Elkins Act
Allowed ICC to impose fines on Railroads that offered rebates. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
Originally created to control the decisions of big-business. Didn't last long. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
Developed to destroy the Northern Securities Monopoly. -
Ida Tarbell
Wrote the famous ¨The History of the Standard Oil Company¨ to expose the oil business. -
Lincoln Steffens ¨The Shame of the Cities¨ written
This book is a collection of articles exposing government corruption. -
Meat Inspection Act
Requires federal investigators to ensure safety of meat products. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Helped prohibit the distribution of harmful food. -
The Jungle
Written to exposes the horrors of the meat packing industry. -
Robert La Follette
Notable for is big support for reform legislation -
Square Deal Policy
Deal between Roosevelt, miners, and managers that benefited both sides, raising wages. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Industrial Disaster that changed views of how working conditions should be. -
17th amendment
Established power to the people to vote for senators for their state. -
Underwood Tariff
Set to improve tariffs among manufactured goods or raw materials. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Sought to outlaw factors that allow monopolies to exist. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Attempted to prevent sale in interstate commerce of goods produced by factories that had children under 14. -
18th Amendment
Banned purchase of Alcohol -
19th amendment
Granted Women the right to vote.
