Political Reforms
This reform gave voters the power to remove elected officials from office through a special election before the end of their term.
Recall
This journalist exposed the unsafe and unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry in his book The Jungle.
Upton Sinclair
She was a leading suffragist who played a key role in the fight for women’s voting rights, which will lead to the creation of the 19th amendment.
Susan B. Anthony
This was a goal shared by BOTH the Populists and Progressives.
More government control for the people
This 1883 law established a merit-based system for federal government jobs, reducing the influence of the spoils system, ending political machines.
Pendleton Civil Service Act
This reform process lets citizens propose new laws or amendments by collecting petition signatures to place them on the ballot.
Initiative
This photographer’s work in How the Other Half Lives revealed the harsh living conditions of New York City tenements.
Jacob Riis
This labor union, led by Samuel Gompers, focused on skilled workers and aimed for better wages, hours, and working conditions.
American Federation of Labor (AFL)
This president was known for his “Square Deal” focusing on conservation, trust-busting, and consumer protection.
Theodore Roosevelt
These two acts were created in response to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle.
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
This reform replaced party leaders’ control over candidate selection with a system where voters directly choose their party’s nominees in elections.
Direct Party Primary
This person co founded the NAACP and pushed for antilynching legislation.
Ida B. Wells
She was the influential president of the Women’s Christian Temperance Union who advocated for temperance and social reforms.
Frances Willard
This movement emphasized demand of reform for all areas of the government.
Progressive Party/ Era/ Movement
This 1914 law under Wilson outlawed unfair business practices, strengthening antitrust enforcement beyond earlier laws.
Clayton Antitrust Act
This Progressive Era reform allowed voters to approve or reject laws passed by the legislature through a popular vote.
Referendum
He founded the Tuskegee Institute to promote vocational education for African Americans.
Booker T. Washington
This organization, founded in 1874, worked to promote temperance and later supported the passage of Prohibition.
Women's Christian Temperance Union (WTCU)
This president’s “New Freedom” platform emphasized antitrust legislation, banking reform, and lowering tariffs.
Woodrow Wilson
This 1913 law, passed under Wilson, created a decentralized banking system to regulate credit and money supply in the United States.
Federal Reserve Act
What is the purpose of political reforms in the Progressive Era?
To increase voter participation
This leader believed African Americans should pursue immediate civil rights and higher education, co-founding the NAACP.
WEB Dubois
This tragic 1911 event in New York City killed over 140 female workers and led to improved factory safety laws.
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
The Progressive Party was created by Roosevelt after losing the Republican nomination to Taft. This led to Wilson winning which election?
1912 Election
Wilson’s administration established this agency in 1914 to investigate and prevent unfair business practices and monopolies.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC)