Progressivism: Era of Reform

  • teddy roosevelt

    • went against large businesses

    • became trust-buster after mckinley (his vp) got assassinated

      • breaking up monopolies

      • enacted sherman anti-trust act of 1890

  • muckrakers - people who rake up muck (digging up the dirt)

    • ida tarbell

      • “history of the standard oil company”

    • upton sinclair

      • “the jungle”

      • went into a meatpacking plant in chicago and saw disturbing things like rats, limbs, fingers, rat feces that would get grinded up in the meat grinders

      • roosevelt read the jungle and puts in the meat inspection act

        • soon fda was established

    • lincoln steffens

    • john spargo

    • ida b wells

    • jacob riis

  • labor rights

    • labor unions emerge

    • unions existed to help with working conditions

  • improvements for children

    • florence kelley

      • advocated against child labor

    • john dewey

      • criticized schools for making kids memorize dates and events rather than applying their creativity

  • conservation

    • national park service

    • antiques act of 1906

  • prohibition

    • 18th amendment 1919 - forbade manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol anywhere in us

      • allows consumption

    • 21st amendment - repeals prohibition

  • voting rights

    • direct primary

    • initiative

    • referendum

    • recall

    • 17th amendment - allowed for direct election of us senators by citizens

    • temperance movement

    • 19th amendment - gave women right to vote

      • alice paul

      • carrie chapman catt

      • susan b anthony