Progressive Era

  • Pendleton Civil Service Act

    Pendleton Civil Service Act

    This act established a merit system for government jobs, the government hired qualified people.
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    The act fights against monopolies, it makes them illegal.
  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike

    Workers that belonged to the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers struck the Carnegie Steel Company. They protested for a wage cut.
  • President Roosevelt

    President Roosevelt

    Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 presidential election. Roosevelt took office during the Great Depression.
  • First airplane flight

    First airplane flight

    The invention of the airplane changed the Gilded Age society by allowing a new way of transportation for people and goods. It also sped up communication by transporting mail and news.
  • Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

    It required that all food and drugs meant for human consumption pass strict testing to assure softy and cleanliness.
  • President Taft

    President Taft

    He was the 27th president. During his presidency the Sixteenth Amendment was passed.
  • Founding of the NAACP by W.E.B. DuBois

    Founding of the NAACP by W.E.B. DuBois

    He fought for African Americans civil and social equality. He brought massive attention to the problem and influenced the next generation of civil rights leaders
  • President Wilson

    President Wilson

    He was a part of the Democratic Party. He established federal trade.
  • 17th Amendment

    17th Amendment

    Direct election of senators. Made the election more democratic.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    The 16th amendment was needed because the government didn’t have enough money, the government was growing, and needed more money to run the government.
  • Ludlow Massacre

    Ludlow Massacre

    Ludlow Massacre was an attack on striking coal miners and their families by the Colorado National Guard and Colorado Fuel and Iron Company guards. Many abducts and children died.
  • National Woman's Party

    National Woman's Party

    The National Woman's Party stood on the side walk outside the White House. They showed up everyday holding banners that demand the right to vote for American Women.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    This act prohibited alcohol , this act caused many negative unintended consequences like crime. It was repealed in 1932.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    This law granted women the right to vote/ women’s suffrage.
  • First commercial radio station broadcast

    First commercial radio station broadcast

    Station KDKA made the nations first commercial broadcast. They chose November 2, 1920 because that was Election Day, and the power of radio was proven when people could hear the outcome of the election.

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