Progressive Movement

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Progressive Movement

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the United States was a period of social activism and reform that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s.[1] The main goal of the Progressive movement was purification of government, as Progressives tried to expose and undercut political machines and bosses.

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John Dewey

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an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform

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Scientific Management

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theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Its main objective was improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity.

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lda Tarbell

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American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism

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Sevententh Amendment

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Clauses 1 and 2 of the Constitution, under which Senators were elected by state legislatures. It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, to be consistent with the method of election.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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the 26th President of the United States (1901–1909). He is noted for his energetic personality, range of interests and achievements, leadership of the Progressive Movement, and his "cowboy" image and robust masculinity.

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Trust Busting

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He is noted for his energetic personality, range of interests and achievements, leadership of the Progressive Movement, and his "cowboy" image and robust masculinity.

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Elkins Act

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hat amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.[1] The Elkins Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates,

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Hepburn Act

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that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.

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The Jungle

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journalist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel to point out the troubles of the working class and to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early-20th century. The novel depicts in harsh tones poverty,

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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

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a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines

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Meat Inspection Act

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The Meat Inspection Act of 1906 was a United States Congress Act that worked to prevent harmful bacteria from spreading to American citizens whether it be from cattle or poultry

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Sixteenth Amendment

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United States Constitution allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results

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Eugene V. Debs

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an American union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World

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Federal Reserve Act (1914)

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the Act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue legal tender

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Clayton Anti Trust

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That regime started with the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, the first Federal law outlawing practices considered harmful to consumers

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Federal Trade Commission (1914)

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an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act

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Niagara Movement

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t was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls, which was near where the first meeting took place in July 1905.[1] The Niagara Movement was a call for opposition to racial segregation and disenfranchisement

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Booker t Washington

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an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915.

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W.E. B Dubois

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intellectual leader in the United States as sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor. Biographer David Levering Lewis wrote

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NAACP

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a type of unio0n that helped African Americans epically also at times they would help minorities

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Alice Paul

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was an American suffragette
and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful

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Carrie Chapman Catt

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was a women's suffrage
leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States

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19th Amendment

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a joke and stupid

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League Of Women Voters

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an American political organization founded in 1920[1] by Carrie Chapman Catt during the last meeting of the National American Woman Suffrage Association approximately six months before the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution