Answer:
The progressive era began in America during the 1890s and lasted until the 1920s.
Explanation:
During the progressive era, social and political reform was widely seen in this period when people tried to address health issues, changes in working conditions along with reducing corruption in government. The suffrage movement was a women's rights movement which helped women to get their role in politics and to run for office.
1902- Oregon becomes the first state to pass initiative referendum laws.
1904- Muckraker Tarbell wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company.
Tarbell is famously known for her exposing John D. Rockefeller Company. She wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company. Her style of work called muckraking journalism.
1906- Meat Inspection Act and Pure food and drug Act are passed.
The Pure Food and Drug Act passed when Theodore Roosevelt pushed Congress to ensured sanitary in meatpacking plants.
1911- Triangle waist shirt factory fire.
The Triangle Shirtwaist Company factory in New York City caught fire and burned, and killing 145 workers. The tragedy led people to look at the conditions of factories. It also led to the development of laws and regulations for the safety of workers.
1912- 16th and 17th amendment ratified.
16th amendment allows for the collection of income taxes for all citizens by the federal government.
17th amendment allowed the individual states in America to increase their powers.
1919- 19th amendment is passed.
Under this amendment, alcohol banned in the United States through its transport, production, and selling.
1919- 18th amendment is passed.
Under the Presidency of Woodrow Wilson, the 19th amendment passed and ensures all American women the right to vote. Achieving this it required a struggle which started from the women suffrage movement.
