Progressive Era

Gave government power to tax everyone's income

Women's rights convention at Seneca Falls, New York 1848. Pushed voting, civil and equal rights

People must emulate the life of Jesus Christ and help poor

Prevents anticompetitive business practices, such as coercive monopolies

Helped stop price discrimination, price fixing and unfair business practices

Broke up big trust but was racist. Said "African Americans should be kept in their place"

Laws against "Intoxicating liquors"

President during WWI. Helped form League of Nations

Prohibited sale of adulterated or misbranded livestock

Laissez-faire capitalism caused economic inequality; _____________ addressed these problems

Reform-minded journalists who attacked corrupt institutions and business leaders

Wrote "The Jungle" to expose appalling working conditions in meat-packing industry

Protected poor, cared for children and was modeled after military

Prevent sale of adulterated, misbranded or poisonous foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors

Took photographs and wrote about poor in New York city

Roosevelt said he would take over mines with military if they didn't negotiate with workers

President Roosevelt promised a "________ ________" between Big Business and the People

Created a central bank where government loans money to all US banks

Proposed "Equal Rights Amendment for Women" that was never ratified by ¾ of states

This place provided community services to large city populations

People (Not Legislature) will elect two Senators from each State that serve six year terms

First progressive US president, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist

Suffragette, arrested for voting 1872 but started forty year fight for women's vote

Leading "muckraker" of the progressive era. Pioneered investigative journalism

Instrumental in the development of Everglades National Park

"Mother" of Social Work

Pro labor Wisconsin governor opposed dominance of corporations