The Progressive Era Business and Politics Society Gender and Race
Business and Political Reforms
At all levels of government, there was corruption! How did reforms work to stop this? O City commissioners O Civil Service Commission
To encourage more participation in government... O 17 th amendment changed the way senators were elected O Election Reform (Oregon System)
Trusts and big business were getting too powerful! O Sherman Antitrust Act O Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal O Federal Trade Commission O Clayton Antitrust Act
Railroad oligopolies were being unfair! OIOInterstate Commerce Act/Commission
Were need to preserve our country and conserve our resources! OUOU.S. Forest Service ONONational Conservation Commission
Taxes are too high! O “New Freedom” tariff reform O 16 th Amendment (
Banks needed to be regulated! OFOFederal Reserve Act
Society
We had serious social problems related to alcohol! O Women’s Christian Temperance Union O Anti-Saloon League O 18 th amendment prohibited making, selling, or transporting alcohol
We had unsafe food and medicine! O Meat Inspection Act O Pure Food and Drug Act
We had ridiculously difficult working conditions! O Children’s Bureau of Labor Department O Women’s Trade Union League O Mine/railroad safety standards O Keating/Owen Act
Gender and Race
Women should have the right to vote! O Woman suffrage movement O State-by-state voting rights O National Woman’s Party O 19 th Amendment (gave women the right to vote)
We need to fight prejudice and discrimination! O Tuskeegee Institute O National Negro Business League O Niagra Movement O National Association for the Advancement of Colored People O Society of American Indians O Mexican American mutualistas
Progressives wanted reform.