Progressive Reforms List
16th Amendment
initiative
Meat Inspection Act
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Eugenics Movement
Federal Trade Commission
City planning
Hepburn Act
17th Amendment
recall
referendum
Pendleton Civil Service Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Prohibition (18th Amendment) 19th Amendment
National Reclamation Act
Payne Aldrich Tariff
Federal Reserve System
Children’s Bureau
Interstate Commerce Commission
City manager
1. It is not necessary to define each of the following Progressive Era reforms. However, in order to do
complete this activity, it is necessary to know what these reforms did for American society.
2. Start to put the reforms into different categories in terms of what they changed, fixed, or improved in
American society. You are to do this first by yourself. Then get with your group and share your answers.
3. We will discuss this as a class.
4. Once you are done, you should generate a list of reformers (people, muckrakers, presidents) that
attempted to improve American society. Generate a list below this explanation.