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Income tax act of 1894
this act put a tax on income over 4,000$. shut down a year later due to law suit. this was supposed to make a more equitable playing ground, a progressive ideal -
Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co
This court case declared that income tax was unconstitutional. prior to this the government tried to instate an income tax but was removed due to this case. this means ideas like an income tax on the rich, an idea to support the progressive ideal of equity, in attempts for equity where temporarily halted. This led the XVI amendment under 20 years later being instated making it constitutional. -
The treason of the senate publication
this article was published by david g. philips in the cosmopolitan magazine exposed senators corrupt actions. this created a following to put more control into the hands of the citizens, a progressive ideal. -
XVI income tax
This amendment made it legal to implement an income tax. the goal was to make taxes fair for the poor, a progressive ideal -
XVII Direct Election of Senators
This amendment made it so that the people of the state elected their senators. previously state legislature elected senators but there was worry of internal corruption in the state senates that lead to this amendment and power directly in the hands of the people, a progressive ideal. -
WWI start
During world war one there was a temporary ban on alcohol to conserve resources. this helped the XVIII amendment gain traction. Furthermore more women took up prominent roles in work home and abroad helping amendment XIX come into being after the war. both of these were progressive ideas -
jeannette rankin voted as Sentator
jeannette rankin was the first woman senator marking changes in the social scape regarding woman. keep in mind men had to vote her in to office for this to occur show the progressive mind set at the time -
XVIII, Prohibition of Alcohol
emerging from the temperance movement, a group against alcohol, this amendment prohibited the production, sale, and transportation on alcohol, as alcohol was seen as counter progressive. it unfortunately led to alcohol related crime -
Volstead act
This act following the XVIII amendment, defined illegal alcohol beverages as alcohol content of 0.5% or greater. it also designated punishments for alcohol related crime and fully enforcing the XVIII amendment. this supported progressive ideals like sobriety. -
XIX, Womens Sufferage
This amendment made it legal for women to vote and have property. this allowed women to choose how they would like to live their lives and move on from an unfit society for independent women, which wasn´t progressive.