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John Dewey was an American philosopher who was a proponent of pragmatism.
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This group campaigned for prison reform, suffrage, and labor laws.
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Margaret Sanger was an advocate for birth control, and began this movement in the US.
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This was an act that allowed for the regulation of railroads by the federal government.
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Ida B. Wells was an African-American woman who fought for women's rights and civil rights. She led an anti-lynching movement in the 1890's.
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This group was created by the merging of two previously existing organizations, and became an extremely instrumental part of the temperance movement in the early 1900's.
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This is a book of photographs of poor tenements, and the conditions that impoverished people lived in during the 1880's.
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This was the first act to outlaw a monopoly. This marked a significant step in the journey toward a more socialist economy.
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This was a widespread, national organization whose sole purpose was to promote prohibition.
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Eugene V. Debs was a member of the socialist party, and was their candidate for the presidency five times.
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This was a strike that was done by miners who fought for higher wages.
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This amended the Interstate Commerce Act by being more strict toward railroad companies.
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This was a cabinet department whose purpose was to regulate how big businesses became.
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The Jungle is a book written by Upton Sinclair, which describes the terrible conditions of meat-producing factories.
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This was a case heard by the Supreme Court, in which the Northern Securities were disbanded, having been labeled as a monopoly.
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Ida Tarbell was a female journalist who is most famous for her book "The History of the Standard Oil Company," which exposed this company's monopolistic practices and led to its destruction.
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Lincoln Steffens was one of the most famous "muckrakers," which were journalists that used their power to bring down giants that had unethical practices.
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This law made it illegal to mislabel meat products, and required that meat be produced under sanitary conditions.
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Robert La Follette was a US senator who supported many reform movements.
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This legislation prohibited the sale or distribution of bad food (poisoned, etc.)
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This was one of Theodore Roosevelt's Presidential policies, which related to the social issues of that time.
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This was a large-scale industrial fire that led to the creation of safety measures throughout New York City.
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This was a third party that was formed by Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the Republican nomination for President.
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This allowed citizens to vote directly for US senators. This put more power into the hands of the individual citizens.
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This brought back the federal income tax, and lowered tariff rates.
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This established the Federal Reserve Bank in order to regulate the national economy.
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This was meant to attack the large trusts that the Sherman Antitrust Act had failed to stop.
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This was an agency that was created to prevent unfair transactions, and monitor goods.
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This was an attempt to reduce the use of child labor in manufacturing by prohibiting the interstate sale of anything produced by child labor.
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This amendment began prohibition by prohibiting the sale, manufacture, or transportation of alcohol.
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This amendment gave women the right to vote. This marked a significant victory in the women's rights battle that began in Seneca Falls.
