Objective 7.02

Analyze how different groups of Americans made economic and

political gains during the Progressive Period

Jane Addams

• Social reformer that started a settlement house called The Hull House

16th Amendment

• Income Tax Amendment to the Constitution

17th Amendment

• Direct Election of Senators Amendment to the Constitution

18th Amendment

• Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution

• AKA Volstead Act

19th Amendment

Women’s Suffrage Amendment to the Constitution

Carrie Nation

• Female that worked for prohibition by walking into saloons with a hatchet and scolding customers while destroying liquor bottles

Anthracite Coal Strike

• Coal Strike of 1902, United Mine workers go on strike, President T. Roosevelt threatens to send in the military to take over the mines if the workers do not go back to work

Northern Securities vs. US, 1904

• Railroad Trust headed by J.P. Morgan, broken up by the Sherman Anti-trust Act

American Tobacco vs. US, 1911

• Sherman Anti-trust Act used to break up American Tobacco into several different companies

US vs. EC Knight, 1895

• Showed weakness in the Sherman Anti-trust Act, could not break up sugar monopoly

Payne-Aldrich Tariff, 1909

• Tax on imports in the history of the United States, it split the Republican Party between Taft and Roosevelt

Mann-Elkins Act

• Made it illegal for railroads to give rebates for using a particular railroad company extended the Interstate Commerce Act to include communications

Robert Lafollette

• Republican from Wisconsin, lead way in regulating big business, especially railroad industry

Election of 1912

• Woodrow Wilson vs. William Howard Taft and Teddy Roosevelt, won by Wilson

Progressive Party/Bull Moose

• Name given to Progressive Party in 1912 Presidential Election, candidate from this 3rd party was Theodore Roosevelt

Federal Reserve Act• Divided the nation into 12 banking

districts and established a regional central bank in each one, purpose was to solidify the currency and stabilize the economy

Quiz

• Theodore Roosevelt• William Howard Taft• Woodrow Wilson

Describe at least 2 specific Facts/Events/Court Cases that occurred during the tenure of each of the Progressive Era Presidents. Answer the question.

• How successful were the Progressive Era Presidents in leading reform efforts?