Unit 2 Week 6 Assignment 1

Big Business

Theodore Roosevelt

Sherman Antitrust

Theodore Roosevelt presented his thought of how big businesses should be regulated and what the benefits would be if they did so through the Sherman Antitrust.

Leading into the Progressive Era

Founding of the Tuskegee Institute

Booker T. Washington

Tuskegee Institute

Women's Rights

19th Amendment

Woodrow Wilson

National American Suffrage Association

Alice Paul

Woodrow Wilson was supporting women's rights to vote by standing by the 19th Amendment. The National American Suffrage Association also promoted women's rights to vote and Alice Paul was a leader in this organization.

Safety in the Environment that Food Is In.

Upton Sinclair

Meat Inspection Act

Pure Food and Drug Act

Upton raised awareness for the meat and how it was infected in the meat packing business. Which lead to the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.

Racial Discrimination

NAACP

Clayton Antitrust Act

William Howard Taft

The NAACP was created to put an end to racial discrimination and when the organization would protest, William Howard Taft passed the Clayton Antitrust Act to legalize the protest that the NAACP was doing.

Immigrant Living Conditions

Jane Addams

Jacob Riis

Hull House

Jane Addams was the founder of the Hull House which helped immigrants find better opportunities for their lives in America. Jacob Riis raised awareness for many issues that involves poverty, education, and housing.

Environmentalism

John Muir

Gifford Pinchot

National Wildlife Refugees

These two men supported the environment and tries to help improve it as well. There were many programs that people could have an opportunity to help the environment like the National Wildlife Refugees.