Key Reformers
This reformer focused on helping families in the city of Chicago and founded the Hull House.
Who is Jane Addams?
This industrialist, often called a "robber baron," controlled much of the U.S. steel industry and later became a philanthropist.
Who is Andrew Carnegie?
This amendment allows the federal government to collect income taxes.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This president's policy, known as the "Square Deal," aimed to protect consumers, regulate corporations, and conserve natural resources.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This Progressive reform allowed voters to propose new laws by collecting signatures on a petition.
What is an initiative?
This muckraker wrote The Jungle, exposing the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This Progressive Era president earned the nickname "trust-buster" for his efforts to break up monopolies and regulate corporations.
Who is Theodore Roosevelt?
This powerful oil tycoon founded the Standard Oil Company, which became a massive monopoly in the late 19th century.
Who is John D. Rockefeller?
This amendment launched the era of Prohibition, which banned the production, sale, and transportation of alcohol in the U.S.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This president's domestic policy, known as the "New Freedom," sought to lower tariffs, reform banks, and eliminate trusts.
Who is Woodrow Wilson?
This type of election reform allowed voters to remove elected officials from office before their term ended.
What is a recall?
This muckraker's book How the Other Half Lives exposed the terrible living conditions in New York City's tenements.
Who is Jacob Riis?
This woman was one of the first to advocate for labor rights and led the National Consumers League, fighting for minimum wages and fair working conditions.
Who is Florence Kelley?
This railroad magnate was one of the wealthiest men of the Gilded Age, and his family later funded the construction of Vanderbilt University.
Who is Cornelius Vanderbilt?
This amendment, passed in 1913, was a major victory for Progressive reformers seeking to reduce corruption in the election of U.S. Senators.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This president continued Roosevelt's conservation efforts, but his firing of Gifford Pinchot, a leading conservationist, damaged his reputation with Progressives.
Who is William Howard Taft?
This reform movement sought to end political corruption by reducing the power of political machines and increasing transparency in government.
What is Progressivism?
This female journalist’s exposé on Standard Oil exposed the corrupt practices of John D. Rockefeller's oil empire.
Who is Ida Tarbell?
This muckraker wrote The Jungle, exposing unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry and leading to public outrage and food safety reforms.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Known for his role in banking and finance, this businessman helped form General Electric and U.S. Steel and bailed out the U.S. government during the Panic of 1907.
Who is J.P. Morgan?
This amendment was a result of the women's suffrage movement and was passed after decades of activism by women like Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
What is the 19th Amendment?
This law, signed by Woodrow Wilson, banned unfair business practices like price-fixing and strengthened antitrust legislation.
What is the Clayton Antitrust Act?
This investigative journalism, which aimed to expose corruption and social issues, played a critical role in the Progressive reform movement.
What is muckraking?
This muckraker photographed child laborers, bringing attention to the need for child labor laws in the early 20th century.
Who is Lewis Hine?
This woman co-founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) and played a significant role in passing the 19th Amendment.
Who is Susan B. Anthony?
This term was used to describe wealthy and unscrupulous industrialists who used unethical business tactics to accumulate wealth and power during the Gilded Age.
What is a robber baron?
This amendment ended a practice where state legislatures elected U.S. Senators, moving the power of election directly to the people.
What is the 17th Amendment?
William Howard Taft signed off on this tax which raised tariffs on imported goods, angering progressives.
What is the Payne-Aldrich Tariff?
This tragic event in 1911, where 146 garment workers were killed in a fire, led to major workplace safety reforms.
What is the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire?
Jacob Riis’s work inspired reforms in this area, which helped improve living conditions for the urban poor.
Answer: What is housing reform or tenement houses?
This labor leader led the fight for workers' rights and ran for president as a socialist in the early 20th century.
Who is Eugene V. Debs?
This term refers to a company that dominates an entire market, often through unfair practices such as buying out competitors.
What is a monopoly?
This amendment was repealed in 1933.
What is the 18th Amendment?
This act, signed by Theodore Roosevelt, ensured that food and drugs were properly labeled and inspected for safety.
What is the Pure Food and Drug Act?
This law, passed in 1938, finally regulated child labor by setting minimum age requirements and maximum working hours for children.
What is the Fair Labor Standards Act?
This federal law was passed to improve the safety of meat production in response to the horrors revealed in The Jungle.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?