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Gilded Age

Mark Twain's nickname for the flamboyant lifestyle of the wealthy during the late 1800s

The Jungle

Novel by Upton Sinclair that described unsanitary conditions in the meat packing industry

Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive POTUS who advocated restrictions on trusts - first POTUS to support rights of workers

Sherman Anti-trust Act

act intended to prevent the creation of monopolies by prohibiting the restraint of trade

8 hour work day

approved in the Wilson administration

16th amendment

authorized a progressive income tax

Federal Reserve System

created in 1913 to regulate the supply of money - still serves that purpose and attempts to prevent economic downturns

Clayton Anit-trust Act

exempted labor unions from anti-trust legislation

Interstate Commerce Commission

government agency that regulated the railroads in the progressive era - first agency to regulate one industry

progressive movement

groups of concerned citizens who organized in to solve problems created by urbanization and industrialization of the late 1800s

Pure Food and Drug and Meat Inspection Acts

laws passed in response to The Jungle - purpose was to protect consumers against unsanitary conditions in plants producing food, meat and drugs

"bully pulpit"

nickname Teddy Roosevelt gave to the presidency - means everyone pays attention to whatever a President says

worker's compensation

pays for injuries suffered when on the job - first passed in the Wilson administration

Woodrow Wilson

progressive elected POTUS in 1912 & 1916 - pushed for worker's rights but discriminated against African-Americans

17th amendment

provided for direct election of US Senators

Child Labor Act

restricted the use of children in the workplace

Progressive Party

third party formed by Teddy Roosevelt and his supporters in 1912. Nicknamed the Bull Moose Party - spit the Republican Party in 1912