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Robert La Follette
He was an American Republican and later Progressive politician, he is best remembered as a proponent of progressivism and a fierce opponent to corporate power. -
Eugene V Debs,
He was an American Union leader and one of the founders of the organization, Industrial Workers of the World. He was also a 5 time candidate for the Socialist Party America for presidency. -
Ida Tarbell
Tarbell was one of the leading muckrakers of the progressive era, she pioneered the genre of investigative journalism. SHe is best known for her 1904 book, The History of the Standard Oil Company. -
John Dewey
He was an influential thinker in education and social reform. He is primarily associated with the philosophy branch, pragmatism and is considered one of the founders of functional psychology. -
Ida B Wells
SHe was an african american journalist, a newspaper editor, suffragist , sociologist, georgist, and leader int he civil rights movement. She was one of the founders of the NAACP. -
Lincoln Steffens
Steffens was a reporter who launched a series of articles that would later be published as, The Shame of the Cities. He is known for investigating corruption within municipal government in American cities. -
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
It was the first mass organization of women devoted to social reform with a program that linked the religious and the secular. It influenced the temperance movement and supported the 18th amendment. -
Margaret Sanger
Sanger was an American Birth Control activist, sex educator , writer, and nurse. She opened the first birth control clinic in the US and organizations that eventually became the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. -
Interstate Commerce Act
THe act was a US federal law designed to review and regulate the railroad industry, focusing on the monopolistic enterprises. -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
It was formed to work for women's suffrage in the US. The organization was a culmination of the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association. -
How the Other Half Lives
It was an early publication of photojournalism by Jacob Riis, he documented the poor living conditions in NYC slums in the 1880s. It paved the way for future muckraking journalism. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
It was created to protect the people from a failing market and conduct that will destroy competition. -
Anti-Saloon League
The League was the leader in lobbying for prohibition in America during the early 20th century. It concentrated on legislation and cared about the how the legislators voted, not whether they drank or not. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
The strike was by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields. THey were lobbying for higher pay, shorter hours and the recognition of their union. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
It was shortlived cabinet department of the US government which was concerned with controlling the excesses of big business. -
Elkins Act
The act was a US federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887, it authorised the Interstate Commerce Commison to give heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates and upon those who accepted these said rebates. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
This was a case between the Northern Securities Co vs the US, the stockholders of the the Great Northern and the Northern Pacific railroad formed a monopoly that threatened to crash the stock market, they were ruled against and the Northern Securities Company was forced to dissolve. -
Square Deal Policy
The deal was part of Theodore Roosevelt's plan to conserve natural resources, control corporations, and protect the consumers. It was created to help the middle class. -
The Jungle
A Novel written by the American journalist and novelist, Upton Sinclair. The purpose of the book was to portray the harsh conditions and lives of the immigrants working in US industrialized cities. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
This act prevented the distribution or manufacturing of inedible goods detrimental to the public's health. -
Meat Inspection Act
It prohibited the sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured that everything was prepared in sanitary conditions. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire took place in Manhattan, NY was considered the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city. The many deaths due to poor conditions and blocked exits led to improved factory standards. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
It was an American political party formed by former President Theodore Roosevelt after a split within the republican party. The main platform was to get rid of the domination of politics by business interests. -
17th Amendment
THe 17th amendment to the constitution was ratifies to allow voters to cast direct votes for US senators, these senators were chose prior by state legislatures. -
Underwood Tariff
It re imposed the federal income tax following the official signing of the 16th amendment, it lowered rates from 40% to 25%. -
Federal Reserve Act
This act of the congress that created and established the federal reserve system, the central banking of the US. It granted the legal authority to issue federal reserve notes. -
Federal Trade Commission
The FTC is an independent agency of the US government, established by the FTC act of 1914. It's purpose is the promotion of consumer protection and the elimination of counter competitive business practices such as monopolizing. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
It was an amendment passed by the Congress in 1914 that provides further clarification of the sherman antitrust act of 1890. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
It was a short lived statute which worked to address child labor by prohibiting the sale of goods produced by factories that employed children under 14. -
18th Amendment
The amendment established the prohibition of alcohol in the US, it was later repealed in 1933 by the 21st amendment. -
19th Amendment
It prohibits any US citizen being denied the right to vote on the basis of sex. This amendment was the achievement of the women's suffrage movement.
