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Progressive Movement

A reform movement aimed at improving society through government intervention.

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

A 1911 disaster where over 140 workers died, leading to fire safety laws and reforms.

Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle

A 1906 novel that exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.

Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)

Legislation that banned contaminated food and false drug labels.

18th Amendment

The 1919 amendment that banned the manufacturing, selling, and transporting of alcohol.

21st Amendment

The 1933 amendment that repealed prohibition due to enforcement challenges.

National Child Labor Committee

An organization that pushed for reforms to protect children from labor exploitation.

Keating-Owen Act (1916)

A law that banned child labor in interstate commerce but was later ruled unconstitutional.

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

The first law to limit monopolistic business practices.

Teddy Roosevelt’s Trust-Busting

Efforts by Theodore Roosevelt to regulate 'good' and 'bad' trusts instead of banning all monopolies.

17th Amendment

Provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators.

Settlement Houses

Community centers for poor and immigrant families, the most notable being Hull House.

Muckrakers

Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices.

American Federation of Labor (AFL)

A major labor union that fought for better wages and working conditions.

Eugene Debs

A labor leader and Socialist politician who advocated for workers' rights.

16th Amendment (1913)

Established federal income tax.

19th Amendment (1920)

Granted women the right to vote (women's suffrage).

W.E.B. Du Bois

Advocate for civil rights, higher education, and co-founder of the NAACP.

Booker T. Washington

Advocate for vocational training and economic self-sufficiency for African Americans.

Ida B. Wells

An investigative journalist known for exposing lynchings.