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President Theodore Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies, or "trusts," that violated federal antitrust law.
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A treaty signed on November 18, 1903, by the United States and Panama, that established the Panama Canal.
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novel depicts in harsh tones poverty, absence of social programs, unpleasant living and working conditions, and hopelessness prevalent among the working class, which is contrasted with the deeply-rooted corruption on the part of those in power
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Dispute between U.S. Forest Service Chief Gifford Pinchot and U.S. Secretary contributed to the split of the Republican Party before the 1912
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Tax rich, not poor; allows tariff, price reduction.
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Lowers taxes lowered basic tariff rates from 40% to 25%
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In 1912, Woodrow Wilson campaigned for President using many Progressive ideas about strengthening the economy: banking reform, tariff reduction and the elimination of monopolies and trusts.
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Clayton Antitrust Act, 1914, passed by the U.S. Congress as an amendment to clarify and supplement the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890.
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Very influential Prog book; argued needed strong Hamilton Federalist style gov't to intervene to protect people from eco abuses.
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photograaphed slums & his books showed deplrable urban conditions.
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The U.S. Civil War (1861-1865) between the industrial North and the agricultural, slave-owning South was a watershed in American history.
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Plan for peace after WWI including self determanations & League of Nations
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The strike began on September 22, 1919, and collapsed on January 8, 1920.
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Prohibits the making, transportation, and sale of alcoholic bevrages.
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Advocated pride in African Heritage (black pride) & back to Africa for full equality.
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magazines publish muckrakers' exposes, opened its doors to the recently arrived European immigrants. became the standard bearer for the movement that had grown, by 1920.
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leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She is best known for her 1904 book The History of the Standard Oil Company,
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Temperance movements may criticize excessive alcohol use, promote complete abstinence (teetotalism), or pressure the government to enact anti-alcohol legislation or complete prohibition of alcohol.
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A Christian theologian and Baptist minister. He was a key figure in the Social Gospel movement in the United States of America.
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New York reporter who launched a series of articles in McClure’s titled the Shame of the Cities. He is famous for investigating corruption in municipal government.
