1. Progressive Era
Legislative

2. Progressive Amendments
16th Amendment – National Income Tax.
17th Amendment – Direct election of Senators.
18th Amendment - Prohibition of alcoholic beverages.
19th Amendment – Women’s suffrage.

3. Initiative and Referendum

4. President Theodore Roosevelt
On September 15th, 1901 President William McKinley died making Vice President Theodore Roosevelt President of the U. S.
Believes government had to protect the public from irresponsible elements in the business community.
Known as the “Trust Buster.” Breaks up a R. R. Trust, then goes after the Beef, Oil and Tobacco Trusts using the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

5. “Teddy” Roosevelt

6. Meat Inspection Act 1906
Created a government meat inspection program

7. “I aimed at the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” Upton Sinclair
1906

8. Upton Sinclair September 20, 1878 in Baltimore, Maryland
Attended college at 14
Started writing at 15
Socialist party
Between 1901 and 1906 he published 5 novels
Won a Pulitzer prize/wrote 90 novels
Died in 1968

9. Vocabulary
Muckraker: journalist who exposed corruption in American society.
borax: white, crystal powder used for cleaning
glycerin: colorless, odorless, syrupy sweet liquid, used to sweeten and preserve food
consumption germs: pulmonary tuberculosis
hopper: funnel-shaped chamber
dung: animal waste, manure
rigid economy: strict, not flexible, frugal with money
gelatin: almost colorless, tasteless substance (jelly like) made from boiling animal parts, used in jellies and glue

10. Pure Food and Drug Act 1906
This law banned the sale of impure foods and medicines.

11. Progressivism's 3 Goals Reforming government and expanding democracy
Promoting social welfare
Creating economic reform
* Civil Rights for African Americans not pursuit during this time

12. The Square Deal Roosevelt believed government was the “umpire”
Fairness or “square deal” for workers, consumers and big business
Used the Sherman Anti-trust Act to remove the “crookedness”