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Theodore Roosevelt

Known as a 'trust buster' for breaking up monopolies; implemented the Square Deal, emphasizing conservation, control of corporations, and consumer protection.

William Howard Taft

Successor to Roosevelt; continued trust-busting and established the Department of Labor; supported the Payne-Aldrich Tariff.

Woodrow Wilson

Advocated the 'New Freedom' platform, focusing on lowering tariffs, banking reform (Federal Reserve Act), and strengthening antitrust laws.

Robert La Follette

Progressive reformer and governor of Wisconsin; promoted the 'Wisconsin Idea,' emphasizing government efficiency and regulation.

Louis Brandeis

Progressive lawyer and Supreme Court Justice; advocated for labor rights and fought against corporate monopolies.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Co-founder of the NAACP; championed civil rights and opposed Booker T. Washington's accommodation approach.

Jane Addams

Founder of Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago to assist immigrants and the poor.

Walter Rauschenbusch

Leader of the Social Gospel movement, which applied Christian ethics to social issues.

Upton Sinclair

Wrote The Jungle, leading to the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.

Hull House

Settlement house founded by Jane Addams to support immigrants.

Federal Reserve Act (1913)

Created the Federal Reserve System to regulate the banking industry.

Square Deal

Roosevelt’s policy focusing on conservation, consumer protection, and corporate regulation.

New Freedom

Wilson’s plan to restore economic competition through antitrust reforms.

Meat Inspection Act (1906)

Ensured sanitary processing and proper labeling of meat products.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Regulated food safety and prohibited mislabeled products.

16th Amendment

Established a federal income tax.

17th Amendment

Allowed for direct election of senators.

18th Amendment

Prohibited alcohol (Prohibition).

19th Amendment

Granted women the right to vote.

Social Gospel

Religious movement applying Christian ethics to social problems like poverty and labor rights.

Triangle Fire (1911)

Tragic factory fire that highlighted unsafe working conditions and led to labor reforms.

Uncle Joe Cannon

Conservative Speaker of the House who opposed many progressive reforms.

John A. Ryan

Catholic reformer advocating for workers' rights and economic justice.

Thorstein Veblen

Economist who criticized the wealthy in The Theory of the Leisure Class.

Helen Hunt Jackson

Author of A Century of Dishonor, exposing injustices toward Native Americans.

Frank Norris

Wrote The Octopus, critiquing the power of railroad monopolies.

Lincoln Steffens

Author of The Shame of the Cities, exposing urban corruption.

Ida Tarbell

Investigative journalist who exposed monopolistic practices of Standard Oil in The History of the Standard Oil Company.

Jacob Riis

Documented urban poverty in How the Other Half Lives.

Hepburn Act (1906)

Strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate railroads.

Clayton Antitrust Act

Strengthened antitrust laws to prevent corporate abuses.

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

Advocated for women's voting rights; led by Susan B. Anthony and Carrie Chapman Catt.

Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)

Fought for prohibition of alcohol.

National Prohibition Movement

Movement that culminated in the 18th Amendment prohibiting alcohol.

Triangle Fire (1911)

Factory fire that highlighted unsafe working conditions and led to labor reforms.

Wealth Against Commonwealth

Henry Demarest Lloyd's work critiquing monopolies like Standard Oil.

How the Other Half Lives

Jacob Riis's work revealing slum conditions through photographs and stories.

A Century of Dishonor

Helen Hunt Jackson's work advocating for Native American rights.