progressive era

  • Pure food and drug act

    Pure food and drug act

    Give up law that banned additives that are harmful, misleading advertising and required food and drug makers to list all ingredients
  • Womens Christian Temperance Union

    Womens Christian Temperance Union

    give up organization that educated about evil and alcohol; pushed for prohibition
  • Sherman Antitrust Act

    Sherman Antitrust Act

    stated the elimination of competition by trust and monopolies illegal
  • 17th amendment

    17th amendment

    people, not state legislatures, elect their US senator
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Prohibition: illegal to sell, produce, transport alcoholic beverages