Ch 8 sec 1 Flashcards
progressivism
To reform and create an honest government and new social ideas
populism
want change for the need of the people
progressives applied to?
middle class
populist aplies to?
working class
what caused progressives to want reform
workers blamed industrialization for social and political problems
effect of industrialization
social problems, child labor, low wages, dangerous working conditions
social injustice
to create a society on rules of equality and unity (public school education)
suffrage
right to vote
19th amendment
june 1919 the right to vote shall not be denied on account of sex
political machines
corrupt city officials who bribed and used violence to win elections
muck raker
writers who wanted social reform.
they expose political corruption, support save working conditions
settlement house
social services for poor
Jane addams
social worker who built 400+ settlement houses
triangle shirtwaist
factory fire that causes stricter fire codes
keating owen’s act
banned sale of products manufactured by children