1. A Changing Society

2. progressive: a person who works for social progress and change
Roosevelt
“trust-buster”
Wilson
child labor laws
Taft
income tax
Progressive Presidents

3. The Power of the Press Ida Tarbell
Wrote about how Rockefeller took unfair advantage of his competition.
Ida Tarbell

4. The Power of the Press (cont.)
Wrote about the unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry.
Upton Sinclair

5. suffrage: the right to vote

6. The Seneca Falls Convention was the 1st major activity organized to fight for women’s rights.
The convention took
place in 1848.
Seneca Falls, New York

7. The 18th Amendment Banned the production and sale of alcohol.
Also known as Prohibition

8. Most Americans did not want limitations placed on their rights.
Al Capone
A notorious gangster in Chicago, IL
“bootleged” or illegally distributed alcohol
Eventually arrested and convicted of tax evasion
Spent time in Alcatraz