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This movement spread throughout the world, pushing people towards the beginning of prohibition in the US.
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Railroad rates were forced to be reasonably priced, limiting the monopolistic railroad companies.
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With the expansion of the association and their increase in power, they put their support behind the 19th Amendment and eventually led to it being passed.
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This book of photos was the foundation of the muckraking journalism that exposed the slums.
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Prevented businesses from being anti-competitive and allowed the federal government to pursue trusts, allowing businesses to be competitive with one another.
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A strong prohibition organization, they eventually rose to the top of the prohibition organizations and led to prohibition being enacted.
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With the publication of this article, John Dewey created the psychology of functionalism.
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Roosevelts square deal worked to help the middle class and stop plutocracy, while protecting businesses from extreme demsnds from organized workers.
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Coal strike in which the federal government had to step in and in the end the strikers recieved some benefits but the company did not recognize the trade unions as a bargaining tool.
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Designed to control big business, it was evwntually split, creating the Department of Commerce and the Department of Labor.
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With the Court's final ruling, the Northern Securities was dissolved, leading to the end of their monopoly on the railroads.
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Amending the Interstate Commerce Act, the government could now tax some commerce, which was supported by the railroad companies and boosted Roosevelt's popularity.
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Ida Tarbell book was one of many firsts, first CEO profile and first corporate coverage, exposing many things about the oil companies.
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Included the Shame of the Cities which reported political corruption and showed how people allow coruption to continue.
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With ideals of socialism and anarchism, it was dealt a large blow as the Red Scare and such occurred.
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This act lead to higher sanitation standards of food and led to less food borne illnesses from dirty conditions.
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Many events from Upton Sinclair's book showed the horrible conditions of factory work helped expose the corruption of the meat industry.
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One of the first of consumer protection laws, eventually led to the creation of the FDA.
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By forming the NAACP and being an active womens and black rights activist, Ida B Wells worked to create a society to help black people and protect their rights.
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Many workers used the fire as an excuse to unionize and caused a Committee on Public Safety to be formed in New York.
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The Progressive Party creation split the Republican vote and allowed Taft to win the Election.
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Governors could now make temporary appointments to the Senate and create a more proportional vote in states, no longer one rural vote equalling many urban votes.
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The basic tariff rates were lowered to 25%, leading to a much better trade environment for the massive trading to occur during WW1.
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This led to the creation of the Federal Reserve Notes, the current US dollar and a central banking system.
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The passage of this act worked to protect consumers and prevent anti-competitive business practices.
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This act stopped allowing the sale of items produced by workers under certain ages from interstate commerce, a one of the efforts to remove child labor.
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Sanger opened the first birth control clinic which eventually led to the creation of Planned Parenthood.
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The 18th Amendment led to a significant decrease in alcohol consumption but a rise in alcohol related crimes such as smuggling.
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Allowing the right to vote regardless of sex, women were now able to vote, a big win for womens rights activists.
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After winning the Progressive Party nomination, Follette won 17% of the national popular vote,
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