. Flashcards
term used by reformers from Republican and Democratic Parties in 1912 they formed their own party.
Progressivism
fed public tastes for scandal by exposing social, economic, and political
wrongs.
Muckrakers
muckraker who wrote disparaging history of Standard Oil (first published in McClure’s, 1902–1904).
Ida Tarbell
- hoped his exposés of bosses’ misrule in McClure’s (later published as The Shame of the Cities in 1904) would inspire mass outrage and reform
Lincoln Steffens
muckraker who wrote The Jungle
Upton Sinclair
a fictionalized exposé of Chicago meatpacking plants
The Jungle
passed by Roosevelt, This law required government agents to monitor the quality of processed meat
Meat Inspection Act
passed by Roosevelt, . The law required that labels list the ingredients—a goal consistent with Progressive confidence that with the truth, people would make wiser purchases.
Pure Food and Drug Act
largest womans organization of its time
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
A response to social Darwinism
social gospel
the American Railway Union organizer who drew nearly 100,000 votes as the Socialist presidential candidate in 1900
Eugene Debs
was one of the most dynamic Progressive governors. A small-town lawyer, he rose through the state Republican Party to become governor in 1900. There, he initiated direct primaries, more equitable taxes, and railroad regulation. After three terms as governor, he became a U.S. senator
Robert La Follette
CA governor who fought for regulation of children’s and women’s labor, workers’ compensation, a pure food and drug act, and education reform.o
Hiram Johnson
permitted voters to propose laws
Initiative
enabled voters to accept or reject a law
Referendum
allowed voters to remove offending officials from office
Recall
to assist companies in merging and expanding
Department of Commerce and Labor
legalized the federal income tax (Taft)
16th Amendment