Progressivism

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  • WCTU Temperance Union

    WCTU Temperance Union
    -Founded in Cleveland
    -Wanted to make prohibiton more effective

  • Muckrackers

    Muckrackers
    -Wrote about the corrupt side of business in mass circulation magazines

  • Pure Food and Drug Act

    Pure Food and Drug Act
    -Stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines.
    -Required truthful labeling

  • Rober M. La Follette

    Rober M. La Follette
    -Major target was railroad industry
    -Taxed railroad propert at the samerate as other business property.
    -Set up a commission to regulate rates.
    -Forbade railroads to issue free passes to state officials.

  • NAACP

    NAACP
    -National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
    -Wanted whole equality among races