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Robert La Follette
Stood by Wisconsin in the chamber of Congress, was governor, and a republican throughout his career. He also ran for President of the United States. -
Eugene V. Debs
Socialist leader who was put in prison because he didn't agree with the role that the United States played in WW1. -
Ida Tarbell
She exposed the practices of the Oil Company and the Supreme Court prohibited monopoly. -
John Dewey
Essential of the reform of education, was a philosopher, psychologist, as well as many other things. -
Ida B. Wells
Black journalist who protested against lynching. -
Lincoln Steffens
A very famous muckraker who exposed the governments corruption, and he increased the support in the reform. -
Women's Christian Temperance Union
Against the consumption of alcohol, women would use their purity to persuade men to stop drinking. -
Margaret Sanger
A feminist nurse who opened the worlds first birth control clinic. -
Interstate Commerce Act
Made it so that the government could oversee the railroad business. -
Sherman Antitrust Act
Stopped monopolies, and paused the railroad strikes that threatened to stop mail delivery. -
National American Women Suffrage Association
Demanded vote rights for women because their household job made them better decision makers. -
How the Other Half Lives
Exposing the slums in New York muckraking takes place up upper class. -
Anti-Saloon League
They pushed the conflict of prohibition to the face of the local and state elections -
Anthracite Coal Strike
Miners wanted higher pay, shorter hours, and recognition. The government didn't fully agree with the owners. -
Elkins Act
Made it so that the railroad companies couldn't give rebates. -
Department of Commerce and Labor
Created to help dim the conflict between the capital and laborers. -
Northern Securities Antitrust
Up against the U.S in the Supreme Court rules against the railroad company who had made a monopoly. -
Square Deal Policy
An equal relationship between workers and the companies. -
Pure Food and Drug Act
Was to protect the people from unhealthy foods. -
Meat Inspection Act
Meat had to be properly inspected by higher judgement to make sure that everything was sanitary. -
The Jungle
About the terrible condition in Chicago mainly unsanitary meat, food poisoning, and the harsh working conditions. -
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Women's blouses caught of fire in a building and the fire trucks could only extend so far, so the building eventually collapsed. Pushed the U.S to stride for safer working conditions. -
Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
An attempt to support Roosevelt's election resulted in him earning numerous third party votes. -
Underwood Tariff
lowered tariffs, congress was able to collect taxes on income. -
17th Amendment
Provided the direct election of the U.S Senators. -
Federal Reserve Act
Helped smaller banking businesses stay open, signed into law by Woodrow Wilson. -
Clayton Antitrust Act
Stopped discriminating in business different prices to different people. -
Federal Trade Commission
An agency that intended to keep healthy feuds between business going. -
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
Ended child labor, and anything created by children were not to be sold. -
18th Amendment
Prohibited people to drink or sell alcoholic beverages. -
19th Amendment
Stops a person from being denied the right to vote based on their gender.
