Progressive Era Timeline

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in Manhattan caught fire

Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL) was founded

Congress passed the Interstate Commerce Act

Roosevelt signed the Hepburn Act

Woodrow Wilson signed the Clayton Anti-Trust Act of 1914

Jane Addams became the first woman to give a nominating speech at a major party convention

President Woodrow Wilson declared his support for the women’s suffrage amendment

The Souls of Black Folk

New York City journalist Jacob Riis published How the Other Half Lives

Upton Sinclair published The Jungle