Progressive Timeline

  • Pendleton Civil Service Act

    Pendleton Civil Service Act

    To make sure people are qualified for the job they want.
  • Pullman Strike

    Pullman Strike

    Widespread railroad strike and boycott that severely disrupted rail traffic in the Midwest of the United States
  • Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act, Meat Inspection Act

    Prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drug. The meat and drugs also had to be tested.
  • Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    Sherman Anti-Trust Act

    To oppose monopolies.
  • Publication of “Lynch Law in all its Phases” by Ida B. Wells

    Publication of “Lynch Law in all its Phases” by Ida B. Wells

    Ida B. Wells published a book about Lynching and her believes.
  • Homestead Strike

    Homestead Strike

    Homestead massacre was an industrial lockout and strike. Which was a battle between strikers and private security agents
  • Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech

    Booker T. Washington’s Atlanta Compromise Speech

    He was elected to give a speech to open the cotton states.
  • First airplane flight

    On December 17, 1903, Wilbur and Orville Wright made four brief flights at Kitty Hawk with their first powered aircraft.
  • President Taft

    President Taft

    He overlooked trust-busting efforts, his empowering of the Interstate Commerce Commission to set railroad rates. He also made an amendment that federal income tax and the direct election of senators by the people.
  • Founding of the NAACP by W.E.B. DuBois

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

    National Association for the Advancement of Colored People.
  • Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist factory fire

    Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City burned, killing 146 workers. The tragedy brought widespread attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories, this led to laws being made to keep workers safe.
  • 16th Amendment.

    16th Amendment.

    Establish Congress's right to impose a Federal income tax.
  • 17th Amendment.

    17th Amendment.

    Direct election of Senators with popular vote.
  • Washington, D.C. Suffrage parade

    Washington, D.C. Suffrage parade

    5,000 women marched up Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, demanding the right to vote.
  • Ludlow Massacre

    Ludlow Massacre

    The Ludlow Massacre was a mass killing by anti-striker militia during the Colorado Coalfield War.
  • President Wilson

    President Wilson

    He led the country into World War I. He was also the creator of Leagues Nations, which later won a Noble Piece for Peace. During his second term, the right for women to vote was ratified.
  • First ‘Silent Sentinel’ protest

    First ‘Silent Sentinel’ protest

    For the first time, a group of Women protested outside the White House.
  • ‘Night of Terror’ suffrage arrests

    ‘Night of Terror’ suffrage arrests

    A group of Women were sent to Occoquan Workhouse and unexpectedly got physical abuse.
  • 19th Amendment

    19th Amendment

    The 19th Amendment allowed Women the right to vote.
  • 18th Amendment

    18th Amendment

    Prohibited the manufacturing sale of alcohol.
  • First commercial radio station broadcast

    First commercial radio station broadcast

    The worlds first commercial radio station (KDKA) began broadcasting in Pittsburgh in 1920.
  • President Roosevelt

    President Roosevelt

    He provided programs for unemployed farmers.
  • First Model T automobile

    First Model T automobile

    Between 1908 and 1927, Ford would build some 15 million Model T cars.

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