Chapter 16: Progressivism Flashcards
progressivism
wide-ranging reform movement targeting problems
muckrakes
exposed people to awful conditions through photography and journalism
Jacob Riis
Danish immigrant who faced New York poverty; exposed slums through magazines and photography; How the Other Half Lies
Ida Tarbell
exposed corruption of standard oil
Lincoln Steffens
Shame of the Cities; exposed corrupt city government
Lilian Wald
activist; worked with public health services and created birth control
Tenement Act
landlords had to install lighting in public hallways and 1 toilet per 2 families
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; 1909; fought for rights of African Americans
ADL
Anti-Deformation League; Sigmud Livingston; fought anti-seminism
Sigmud Livingston
creator of ADL
anti-semenism
prejudice against Jews
Florence Kelley
prohibited child labor and how many hours women could work
Cochner v. New York
1905; court refused to uphold a law limiting bakers to 10 hour workdays
Muller v. Oregon
court upheld a state law establishing a 10 hour workday for women in laundries and factories
Bunting v. Oregon
court upheld law that extended the protection of a 10 hour workday to men working in mills and factories
Triangle Shirtwaist company fire
triangle shirtwaist company; small fire; 140 died; NY state passed toughest fire-safety laws in the nation; factory inspection and sanitation laws; owners fined $75 per person
ILGWU
international ladies garment workers union
industrial workers of the world
formed to oppose capitalism; wobbles
William “Big Bill” Haywood
used traditional tactics and engaged in racial tactics like industrial sabotage
Tom Johnson
mayor who set new rules for police, released debtors from prison, and supported fairer tax system
Robert La Follet
Wisconsin Ideas
Wisconsin Ideas
limited campaign spending; regulate railroads; civil service; oversee transportation; taxation
17th amendment
voters elect senator directly
nurturing jobs
teaching; nursing
direct primary
voters select party’s candidate for public office
initiative
allows citizens to propose new laws
referendum
allows citizens to vote on a proposed/ existing law
secret ballot
people vote privately without fear of coercion
recall
allows voters to remove an elected official from office
18th amendment
banned the manufacture, sell, and distribution of alcohol
anti-saloon league
against saloons
women’s christian temperance union
temperance and women’s rights