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Female progressive group which rallied for prohibition, labor reform, suffrage, etc.
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An act passed to try to regulate/prevent railway monopolies.
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The first federal act to outlaw monopolistic business practices.
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Major women's suffrage society created from a merge between the National Woman Suffrage Association and the American Woman Suffrage Association.
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An early instance of photojournalism by Jacob Riis which showed the state of the slums of New York in the 1880s
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An African-American journalist who lead an anti-lynching movement and was an early adopter of the civil rights movement
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A prohibitionist non-partisan organization which became a powerful force in politics during the progressive era.
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A founder of the philosophy of pragmatism, which focused on rational and matter-of-fact decision making
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Teddy Roosevelt's domestic policy plans, focusing on equal opportunity and coexistence of big business and labor unions.
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A leader of the progressive movement and the Progressive party's unsuccessful 1924 presidential campaign.
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First strike settled by federal government, earned workers 9-hour days and 10% pay increase
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A railroad trust which was promptly shut down by one of the earliest antitrust cases
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An amendment to the Interstate Commerce act the power to end the practice of rebates by railway companies.
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Short-lived government cabinet meant to regulate big business.
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Ida Tarbell, a leading muckraker who published the book "The History of the Standard Oil Company"
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Another progressive era muckraker, wrote a series of articles later published as "The Shame of Cities"
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A novel written by muckraker Upton Sinclair which exposed the horrific state of the meatpacking industry of the time.
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A series of consumer protection laws that focused on safe food and drug marketing / sale.
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An act put in place to improve food standards for meat, largely brought about by Upton Sinclaire's "The Jungle."
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Five-times presidential nominee of the American Socialist Party.
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The deadliest industrial disaster in New York history brought about by sub-par factory standards
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A third party founded by Theodore Roosevelt to run against his Republican competitor, Taft.
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Constitutional amendment which provided direct election for state senators as opposed to being appointed by legislatures.
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Created the federal reserve system
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A law enacted to strengthen and redefine the Sherman trust act.
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A system established by Woodrow Wilson which prevents unfair business practices
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A short lived law which aimed to prevent the interstate sale of products produced by child labor.
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An American birth control activist and sex educator who opened the first birth control clinic.
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Constitutional amendment which (unsuccessfully) outlawed alcohol
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Granted nationwide women's suffrage
