Progressivism

Food and Drug Act

Banned the mislabeling of food and drugs and shipping of impure foods across state lines

18th Amendment

It prohibited the manufacture, sale, and consumption of alcoholic beverages

Speakeasies

Underground bars in the age of prohibition

John Muir

His work in conservation led to the creation of the Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks

New Freedom

Woodrow Wilson’s campaign promise

NAWSA

Women’s suffrage organization that led successful campaigns in 1919

The Jungle

A book by Upton Sinclair calling out the conditions of Chicago’s meat packing indusry

Federal Trade Commission

Group designed to monitor business practices

Carrie Chapman Catt

President of NAWSA

Anti-Defamation League

Organization created to defend itself against verbal assaults and false statements

19th Amendment

Passed in 1920, it gave women the right to vote

Florence Kelly

She was an advocate for the creation of child labor laws

Triangle Shirtwaist Co. Fire

It served as a horrific example of poor building code regulation and fire department resources

William H. Taft

He split the Progressive party when he ran for president against T. Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson (Democrat)

Temperance Movement

It pushed for the passage of the 18th amendment

Bull Moose Party

Founded by Theodore Roosevelt in the Election of 1912

Early Progressive Era - “Underground” bars that violated the 18th Amendment

Speakeasies

Early Progressive Era - This novel brought the unsanitary conditions of Chigao’’s stockyards to light

The Jungle

Early Progressive Era - The assassination of this president led to Theodore Roosevelt’s first presidency

William McKinley

Early Progressive Era - The final candidates for the November election are determined by this

Primary Election

Early Progressive Era - Early Progressives saw this as the source of most social and political problems of the early 1900s

Big Businesses

Women’s Rights - It granted women the right to vote

19th Amendment

Women’s Rights - President of the NAWSA

Carrie Chapman Catt

Women’s Rights - She was an advocate, speaking out against child labor

Florence Kelley

Women’s Rights - Protesters who were arrested often used this strategy in jail

Hunger Strike

Women’s Rights - Founder of the National Women’s Party

Alice Paul

Business - Under this president, the federal government brought lawsuits against many corporations

Theodore Roosevelt

Business - The goal of this organization was to monitor businesses that could lead to monopolies

Federal Trade Commisision

Business - What strike did President Roosevelt get involved in to maintain supplies for factories and homes?

Coal Miner

Business - Built on the Sherman Antitrust Act, it allowed workers to organize more freely

Clayton Antitrust Act

Business - President who wanted to place strict government controls on corporations

Woodrow Wilson

Founder of the Bull Moose Party

Theodore Roosevelt

His efforts led to the creation of Yellowstone National Park

John Muir

Group formed to defend itself against verbal attacks and false statements

Anti defamation League

This catastrophe led to better building codes and working conditions

Triangle Shirtwaist Fire

Group most affected by the passage of the Dawes Act

Native Americans