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Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
First women led reform group focused on the abolition or seldom use of alcohol -
Robert La Follette
He was a founder of the Progressive Movement and was big on political reform of the corrupt social standings that were currently in the United States -
Interstate Commerce Act
Federal law designed to regulate the railroad industry, in specific its monopolistic habits, and keep prices of transportation from getting out of control -
National American Woman Suffrage Association
A women led organization that advocated for the women's rights to vote. As they gained the right to vote, the suffrage movement advocated for other women's rights. -
John Dewey
A strong believer of the philosophical movement of pragmatism. Created a book organization system in his name -
How the Other Half Lives
This was a book describing the disgusting slums in cities in the 1880s and was the basis for muckraking, which exposed many societal issues during the progressive era. -
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Act that prohibited the monopolistic actions that existed in the big trusts. Also required investigation to make sure it was competitive -
Anti-saloon League
A front-running organization that advocated for prohibition. Founded in the state of Ohio. -
Eugene V. Debs
Eugene V Debs was one of the founding members of the Industrial Workers of the World and five times the candidate of the Socialist Party of America for President of the United States. -
Square Deal
Created by Theodore Roosevelt to help create a better social welfare included the 3 c's: conserved natural resources, consumer protection, and control of corporations. -
Anthracite Coal Strike
Strike by the coal workers in Pennsylvania for higher wages and shorter work days and resulted in 9 hour shift and a 10% wage increase. -
Lincoln Steffens
One of the most famous muckrakers in the early 1900's and wrote about corruption in American cities. He launched a series of articles in McClure's, called Tweed Days in St. Louis, that would later be published together in a book titled The Shame of the Cities. -
Department of Commerce and Trade
The Department of Commerce and Labor was created in 1903 at the direction of President Theodore Roosevelt. The Department of Commerce and Trade attempted to create jobs, promote economic growth, and improve standards of livings. -
Elkins Act
The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates -
Northern Securities Antitrust
The Northern Securities Company was a short-lived American railroad trust formed in 1901 by E. H. Harriman, James J. Hill, J.P. Morgan and their associates. The company controlled the Northern Pacific Railway; Great Northern Railway; Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad; and other associated lines. It was capitalized at $400 million, and Hill served as president. -
Ida Tarbell
Ida Minerva Tarbell was an American writer, investigative journalist, biographer and lecturer. She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. Tarbell wrote the book the "The History of the Standard Oil Company" and denounced the Standard Oil Company -
Pure Food and Drug Act
First consumer protection laws enacted. Banned foreign food and drugs that were mislabeled. Led to the creation of the Food and Drug Administration. -
Meat Inspection Act
This act prevents unbranded or incorrectly branded meat and makes sure it was slaughtered and processed in sanitary conditions. -
The Jungle
The Jungle was Upton Sinclair's infamous 1906 novel that was a story that brought to light the problems in the meat industry. This novel helped present the societal issues that existed in the industry -
Ida B Wells
Wells was an African-American investigative journalist, educator, an early leader in the Civil Rights Movement, and an influential black suffragist who was one of the founders of the NAACP . -
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the United States thus far, many people jumped from the building to have a quick and painless death.The tragedy brought widespread attention to the dangerous sweatshop conditions of factories, and led to the development of a series of laws and regulations that better protected the safety of workers. -
Progressive Bull Moose Party
The Progressive Party was a third party in the United States formed in 1912 by former President Theodore Roosevelt after he lost the presidential nomination of the Republican Party to his former protégé, incumbent President William Howard Taft -
Underwood Tariff Act
The tax's purpose was to reduce levies on manufactured and semi-manufactured goods and to eliminate duties on most raw materials. -
17th Amendment
The Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution established the popular election of United States Senators by the people of the states. -
Federal Reserve Act
The Federal Reserve Act of 1913 established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States to provide the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system -
Margaret Sanger
Margaret Higgins Sanger was an American birth control activist, sex educator, writer, and nurse. Sanger popularized the term "birth control", opened the first birth control clinic in the United States, and established organizations that evolved into the Planned Parenthood Federation of America -
Clayton Antitrust Act
The Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, was a part of United States antitrust law with the goal of adding further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime -
Keating Owen Child Labor Act
It prohibited the sale of goods produced by factories employed with children under 14, mines under 16, and any place for children under 16 worked at night or more than 8 hours. -
18th Amendment
The prohibition of alcohol began -
19th Amendment
19th Amendment
