david g phillips
the treason of the senate
john spargo
the bitter cry of the children
ida b wells
lynch law in georgia and southern horro
ray stannard baker
following the color line
thorstein veblen
theory of the leisure class
thomas lawson
frenzied finance
henry demarest lloyd
wealth against commonwealth
henry george
progress and poverty
muckraker publications
cosmopolitan, mcclure’s, collier’s, everybody’s
dr harvey w wiley
foods and their adulteration
upton sinclair
the jungle
ida tarbell
history of standard oil
jacob riis
how the other half lives
theodore dreiser
the financier, the titan
lincoln steffens
shame of the cities
referendum
policies or laws determined by a popular vote of the people
direct primary
people vote on candidates for office, undercut power-hungry party bosses
australian ballot
limited the use of bribery and intimidation of voters, aka secret ballot
17th amendment
people directly vote on senators
recall
enabled voters to remove elected officials
initiative
voters directly propose legislation
corrupt practices act
limited the amount of money that candidates could spend for their election and restricted corporate donations
robert la follette
gov of wisconsin, progressive republican leader who attacked monopolies
commission/city manager system
appointment of merit-based staffed commissions or managers to run municipal governments
charles evans hughes
gov of new york who prosecuted gas, coal, and insurance companies for profiting off of avg americans
hiram johnson
gov of california who prosecuted corrupt southern pacific railroad kings o win back control of the state govt for the people
northern securities co v usa
1904; roosevelt administration used sherman antitrust act (1890) to prosecture hill and morgan of great northern railroad; dissolved a trust and gave T.R. reputation of a trust buster (actually a trust regulator)
clayton antitrust act
1914; revised the definition of monopoly prohibiting any action that presents an unreasonable restraint on trade
lochner v NY
1905; baking was not a hazardous job and the government has no power to regulate agreed upon terms of labor (max 10 hour workday)
adkins v children’s hospital
1923; overturned federal law establishing minimum wage for women in dc on same basis and women did not merit greater workplace protections than men
muller v oregon
1908; women are mothers (republican motherhood) and are entitled to special protections in hazardous workplaces
maternity and infant act
1921; federal money for instruction for maternal and infant health care
standard oil v usa
1911; ida tarbell muckraking exposed the abusive practices of standard oil co and provided evidence to dissolve the trust
hammer v dagenhart
1918; conservative ruling limiting provisions of the keating owens act (1916); father of 14 y/o was mad his son couldn’t work in a textile mill; scotus ruled the production was done within a state does not meet the definition of interstate commerce