Agrarian and Populist Roots
Founded in 1867, this group’s original purpose was to serve as a social club for farmers and spread information about new farming techniques
The Grange Movement
This muckraking journalist wrote The Jungle, which exposed the unsanitary conditions of the meatpacking industry
Upton Sinclair
This constitutional amendment, ratified in 1920, officially granted women the right to vote
19th amendment
These corrupt city organizations, like New York's Tammany Hall, provided favors to immigrants in exchange for bribes and votes
Political Machines
He was the 26th President of the United States and a central leader of the Progressive Movement
Teddy Roosevelt
This major economic problem was caused by improved machinery and fertilizers, which led to an abundance of crops and a drop in farmers' income
Overproduction
This Progressive reformer founded Hull House in Chicago to help the urban poor and immigrant communities
Jane Addams
This amendment was ratified to allow the federal government to collect an income tax
16th amendment
Passed in 1883, this act required that government jobs be awarded based on merit through exams rather than political "spoils"
Pendleton's Civil Service Act
This 1911 industrial disaster resulted in the deaths of 146 workers and led to the passage of strict fire safety laws
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
This 1887 federal law prohibited railroads from charging more for short hauls than for long hauls over the same route
The Interstate Commerce Act
This photographer and journalist used his work to expose the horrific living conditions in city tenements
Jacob Riis
This amendment changed the political process by allowing for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people
17th amendment
This democratic reform allows citizens to propose a new law directly on the ballot for voters to approve
intiative
Progressive Presidents used this practice to break up monopolies that they believed were harmful to the public interest
Trust Busting
Formed in 1891, this third party gained support from the "common man," including farmers, workers, and miners, to battle against bankers and railroad owners
The Populist Party
He was a co-founder of the NAACP and a leader of the Niagara Movement, fighting for immediate civil rights
WEB Dubois
Supported by the Temperance Movement, this amendment prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcohol
18th amendment
This reform allows voters to remove an elected official from office before their term has ended
recall
This 1913 act created the central banking system of the U.S. to provide a more stable monetary and financial system
Federal Reserve Act
The Populists demanded this specific monetary policy to cause inflation, which they believed would increase profits for farmers
unlimited coinage of silver
This journalist risked her life to hold murderers accountable by documenting and exposing the truth about lynching in the South
Ida B. Wells
his earlier amendment abolished slavery, which later influenced the Great Migration of African-Americans to northern industrial cities.
13th amendment
He was the notorious "boss" of the Tammany Hall political machine in New York City
Boss Tweed
These are the three U.S. Presidents credited with introducing Progressive reforms at the national level
Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, and Woodrow Wilson