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Carrie A. Nation
*member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol in pre-Prohibition America. Nation frequently attacked the property of alcohol-serving establishments
*Theodore Roosevelt
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Jacob Riis
*A Danish American social reformer, "muckraking" journalist and photographer. He is known for using his photographic and journalistic talents to help the impoverished in New York City
*Zachary Taylor
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Ida Tarbell
*An American teacher, author,and journalist. She was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era.
*James Buchanan, Jr.
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Jane Addams/Hull House
*helped turn the nation to issues of concern to mothers, such as the needs of children, public health, and world peace.
*Theodore Roosevelt
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Addams -
Lincoln Steffens
*A New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure's. He is famous for investigating corruption in municipal government in American cities.
*Andrew Johnson
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Steffens -
Upton Sinclair
*An American author and one-time candidate for governor of California who wrote close to one hundred books of many genres.
*Rutherford B. Hayes
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upton_Sinclair -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act North
*It was the first federal statute to limit cartels and monopolies.
*Benjamin Harrison
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman_Antitrust_Act -
US v EC Knight &Co, 1895
*limited the government's power to control monopolies.. sugar company monopoly.
*Grover Cleveland
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._E._C._Knight_Co. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
*Miners went on strike for a higher pay and better working conditions.
*Theodore Roosevelt
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthracite_Coal_Strike -
Muckraking
*Journalism that changed America. They were influenced by the previous era and the era they were in at the time.
*Theodore Roosevelt
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muckraker -
Northern Securities v U.S., 1904
*The Court ruled 5 to 4 against the stockholders of the Great Northern and Northern Pacific railroad companies.
*Theodore Roosevelt
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Securities_Co._v._United_States -
Payne Aldrich Tariff, 1909
*a bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States
*William Taft
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Payne-Aldrich_Tariff_Act -
Mann Elkins Act
*extended the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to regulate the telecommunications industry, and designated telephone, telegraph and wireless companies as common carriers.
*William Taft
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American Tobacco v U.S., 1911
- an attempt to monopolize the business of tobacco in interstate commerce within the prohibitions of the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. *Woodrow Wilson *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._American_Tobacco_Co.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
*The deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York
*William Howard Taft
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle_Shirtwaist_Factory_Fire -
Progressive/Bull Moose Party
*an American political party. It was formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt, after a split in the Republican Party between himself and President William Howard Taft.
*Theodore Roosevelt
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Election of 1912
*Presidential election between Woodrow Wilson and Theodore Roosevelt
* Woodrow Wilson
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Election_of_1912 -
16th Amendment
*allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results.
*Woodrow Wilson
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
17th Amendment
*established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.
*Woodrow Wilson
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
Federal Reserve Act
- Creation of the central banking system of the United States *Woodrow Wilson *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Act
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18th Amendment
*established prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States, which made the production, transport and sale of alcohol illegal.
*Woodrow Wilson
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/18th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution -
19th Amendment
- prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex. *Woodrow Wilson *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/19th_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution
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Robert LaFollette
*a Progressive politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin, and was also a U.S. Senator from Wisconsin.
*William Taft
*http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_M._La_Follette,_Sr.
