Chapter 9-Progressive Era Reforms

HISTORY

Square deal

Program for fair business practices, consumer protection, and conservation (Theodore Roosevelt)

Meat inspection act (1906)

Reaction to The Jungle, federal inspection of meatpacking plants.

Pure Food and Drug act (1906)

Required labeling of ingredients banned harmful substances.

The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Exposed unsanitary conditions in Meatpacking, sparked public outrage, led to reforms

Suffrage

The rite to Vote

Prohibition

Ban on Alcohol because it was believed it caused social problem’s,crime, and poverty.

18th amendment (1919)

Banned alcohol manufacture and sale

19th amendment (1920)

Granted women the right to vote.