The Progressive Era

Laws & Amendments

100

This amendment established a federal income tax.

16th Amendment

200

This amendment allowed citizens to directly elect U.S. senators.

17th Amendment

300

This amendment granted women the right to vote.

19th Amendment

400

This amendment created Prohibition by banning alcohol.

18th Amendment

500

These three reforms allowed voters a greater voice in government and lawmaking

Initiative, Recall, Referendum

Reformers

100

These journalists exposed corruption and social problems.

Muckrakers

200

This writer exposed the meatpacking industry in The Jungle.

Upton Sinclair

300

This law improved food and drug safety after public outrage.

Pure Food and Drug Act

400

This muckraker exposed how poor people were living in the book "How the Other Half Lives"

Jacob Riis

500

This muckraker exposed political corruption in cities like New York.

Lincoln Steffens

Presidents

100

This president was known for his “Square Deal.”

Theodore Roosevelt

200

This president used “dollar diplomacy” to influence other countries.

William Howard Taft

300

This president supported the “New Freedom” program.

Woodrow Wilson

400

This policy involved breaking up monopolies to increase competition.

Trust-busting

500

This act strengthened earlier antitrust laws and protected labor unions.

Clayton Antitrust Act

Women & Reform

100

This reformer worked to improve conditions for the poor through settlement houses.

Jane Addams

200

This organization fought for women’s suffrage.

NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association)

300

This leader used more aggressive tactics for women’s voting rights.

Alice Paul

400

This movement aimed to limit or ban alcohol consumption. 

The Temperance Movement 

500

This type of reform focused on improving working conditions, especially for women and children.

labor reforms (or child labor laws)

Government Reform

100

This system allowed voters to propose laws directly.

Initiative

200

This system allowed voters remove an official from their position

Recall

300

This act created a central banking system in the U.S.

Federal Reserve Act

400

This concept describes government regulation to protect consumers and workers.

Progressivism

500

This system allowed voters to approve or reject laws.

Referendum