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Chapter 22: The Progressive Era |
1890 General Federation of Women’s Clubs: women’s clubs organize and become instruments of reform
1892 Sierra Club: founded by John Muir to preserve the environment in its natural state
1893 Anti-Saloon League: created to prohibit the sale of alcohol
1895 United States v. E. C. Knight: Supreme Court rules that the Sherman Anti-Trust Act applies only to monopolies involved in interstate commerce
1900 Commission government: Galveston creates commission form of government to organize relief and recovery
1901 La Follette’s Wisconsin idea: begins a program of reform
Socialist Party of America founded
1902 Northern Securities Case: government dissolves the giant Northern Securities Company
Anthracite coal miners’ strike: successful strike supported by President Roosevelt
Workers’ compensation law: Maryland adopts first law to compensate workers injured on the job
1903 Department of Labor and Commerce created: a step toward stricter regulation of business
Direct primary established in Wisconsin
1904 The Shame of the Cities: Lincoln Steffens publishes muckraking exposé of urban political corruption
1906 Hepburn Act: strengthens Interstate Commerce Commission
The Jungle: Upton Sinclair’s muckraking novel leads to passage of the Meat Inspection Act, which is followed by the Pure Food and Drug Act
1908 Muller v. Oregon: Supreme Court upholds 10-hour workday law for women
1911 Triangle Shirtwaist fire: factory fire kills 146 workers
1912 Progressive ("Bull Moose") Party: nominates Theodore Roosevelt for presidency
Wilson elected president
1913 Sixteenth and Seventeenth Amendments adopted: federal income tax and direct election of senators
Underwood-Simmons Tariff: tariff revised downward
Federal Reserve Act: federally-controlled banking system
1914 Clayton Anti-Trust Act: tightens antitrust laws
Federal Trade Commission: created to regulate competition
1916 Birth Control League: organized by Margaret Sanger
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act: bans child labor
1917 Literacy test: restriction for new immigrants
1920 Nineteenth Amendment adopted: gives women right to vote
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