Social Reform & Women's Rights
Ratified in 1920, this amendment granted women the right to vote.
The 19th Amendment
This nickname was given to journalists who exposed corruption, injustice, and social problems during the Progressive Era.
Muckrakers
This 1890 law was the first federal act to outlaw monopolistic business practices.
The Sherman Antitrust Act
This debate pitted those who wanted to manage natural resources for public use against those who wanted to protect nature untouched.
Conservationism vs. preservationism
This educator promoted vocational training for African Americans.
Booker T. Washington
She broke away from NAWSA to form the National Woman’s Party and used radical tactics like hunger strikes to push for suffrage.
Alice Paul
This journalist used photography and writing to expose the harsh living conditions of tenement life in How the Other Half Lives.
Jacob Riis
This amendment allowed citizens to directly elect U.S. senators, making the government more democratic.
The 17th Amendment
Created in 1916, this federal agency manages national parks and monuments across the U.S.
National Park Service
This school, founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881, became a leading institution for Black education and self-reliance.
The Tuskegee Institute
This influential women’s organization fought against alcohol abuse and promoted social reform through religious and moral persuasion.
Women’s Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
This 1911 tragedy in a New York City factory led to improved fire codes and labor regulations.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This 1913 law created a central banking system to regulate the economy and money supply.
Federal Reserve Act
This naturalist and founder of the Sierra Club championed preserving wild places like Yosemite.
John Muir
This co-founder of the NAACP believed African Americans should demand full civil rights immediately.
W.E.B. DuBois
This type of community center offered social services and education to immigrants and the urban poor in the Progressive Era.
Settlement House
His novel The Jungle led to public outcry over meatpacking conditions and helped spark food safety laws.
Upton Sinclair
This 1914 law strengthened earlier antitrust legislation and protected labor unions.
Clayton Antitrust Act
This forester and conservationist supported using natural resources responsibly and led the U.S. Forest Service.
Gifford Pinochet
This journalist and activist led a nationwide anti-lynching campaign and fought for racial justice.
Ida B. Wells
She co-founded Hull House in Chicago and became a leading voice for social reform and women's rights.
Jane Addams
She exposed the monopolistic practices of Standard Oil, helping to inspire antitrust legislation.
Ida Tarbell
This 1916 law attempted to restrict child labor by banning goods made by children from interstate commerce.
Keating-Owen Child Labor Act
This 1906 law helped ensure food and medicine were safely labeled and not contaminated.
Pure Food and Drug Act
Founded in 1909, this organization worked through the courts to fight racial discrimination and defend civil rights.
The NAACP