The Progressive Era - created from Mind Map

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WORKING CONDITIONS is the environment and existing circumstances in the work place

BIG BUSINESS is a large scale of financial or commercial activity

WOMEN'S RIGHTS are rights that promote equality between women and men

ENVIRONMENTALISM is the concern and protection for the environment

RACIAL DISCRIMINATION is antagonism directed at certain people based upon their racial ethnicity

Jacob Rils was a journalist who significantly contributed to the Urban Reform

Upton Sinclair was a writer who fought against powerful monopolies

The Clayton Antitrust Act was to ban unethical business practices

Immigrant living conditions

The hull house was a food pantry that served newly arriving immigrants

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States and was a leader for the progrssive movement

Sherman Anti Trust was to create a fair competition in the economy

The meat inspection act made it illegal to misbrand meat

the pure food and drug act made sure that all food and drugs went through a cleanliness tst

19th ammendment alllowed women to vote.

Jane Addams was a leader in the womens sufferage movement

The National American Sufferage Association would eventually pass the 19th ammendment.

Alice Paul was a feminist who helped lead the campaign that stood for the 19th ammendment

John Muir was a journalist who was an earlier on advocate for the wildlife preservation

Gifford Pinchot was the first chief for the US forest service

National wildlife refuges were to help preserve americas plants, animals, etc.

William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States and he gave congress the power to create income tax that would later set railroad rates

Theodore Rosevelt was the 29th president of the United States and supported many events in the progressive era

The NAACP was a civil rights organization that gave African Americans justice

Booker T. Washington was the one who founded the Tuskegee institute

The Tuskegee institue was the first institute created for African Americans