Progressive Era - Timeline

the triangle shirtwaist factory in Manhattan caught fire

A man named Jacob Riis spent his time going to tenement buildings to show the condition of living for people

women formed national women's club federations

the national women's association started picketing the white house

President Woodrow Wilson declared his support to women's sufferage

many states passed laws to check the growing power of vast new opportunities

The U.S. supreme court upheld these laws in a series of rulings cases like Munn vs. Illinois and stone vs. Wisconsin

Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act, which established the Interstate Commerce Commission to stop discriminatory and predatory pricing practices

The Sherman Anti-Trust Act of 1890 aimed to limit anticompetitive practices, such as those institutionalized in cartels and monopolistic corporations

rapid industrialization, technological advancements, and urban growth