Progressive Timeline

  • Pendleton Civil Service Act

    Pendleton Civil Service Act

    This stopped government employees being selected based on popularity and political ties. This act also made it illegal to fire or demote government employees for political reasons.
  • Sherman antitrust act

    Sherman antitrust act

    This was created to stop people from intervening with trade because of their power. This prevented monopolization.
  • Homestead act

    Homestead act

    This act made it so that anyone who had never bared arms against the United States of America could claim 160 acres of land for free to help cultivate land.
  • First Airplane

    First Airplane

    This was a huge step for transportation among states and even countries.
  • Pure food and drug act

    Pure food and drug act

    This was deeply important for sanitation especially in cities where sanitation was poor. This kept food, water and drugs clean.
  • Taft elected as President

    Taft elected as President

    Taft was a progressive president that help lead America in the right direction in the progressive era addressing reforms.
  • NAACP Founded

    NAACP Founded

    The NAACP was a African American interracial organization that addressed segregation and social and political discrimination.
  • Wilson Elected

    Wilson Elected

    Wilson was an important progressive era president because he addressed reform with federal reserve.
  • 16th Amendment

    16th Amendment

    This initiated the right to impose federal tax.
  • Washington Suffrage Parade

    Washington Suffrage Parade

    This parade was thrown in order to gather women to protest their right to vote.
  • 17th amendment ratified

    17th amendment ratified

    This allowed voters to cast direct votes.
  • 18th amendment

    18th amendment

    This made it illegal to transport or trade alcohol.
  • 19th amendment

    19th amendment

    This gave women the right to vote which was a huge step in the right to equality.
  • Roosevelt Elected

    Roosevelt Elected

    Franklin Roosevelt made sure to give every citizen equal fairness by breaking trust on pure food and drugs.