Chapter 20 & 21 Flashcards
(45 cards)
Progressive
Middle class; rises out of frustration for the golden age
Muckrakers
Journalists who wrote about the abuses in society; a bad word
Women suffrage at the work place
payed half for the exact same work as men
The Social Gospel
The idea ministering to the body; church helping the poor & suffering
Jane Addams hull house
Settlement house for immigrants
Walter Rauschenbusch
Baptist preacher relates to the social gospel; goal isn’t to get up to heaven but to create one on earth
Salvation Army
Church organization to help the poor
AMA 1901
American Medical Association
19th Amendment
1920; gave women the right to vote
Suffrage Movement
1848; push for women the right to vote
Commission Plan
instead of having one president they spread out the power to like three different people to avoid corruption
City Manager
Hired to call the shots; runs everything
Initiative
Voters propose legislation
Referendum
Legislators puts laws on ballots; voters vote on it
Recall
Elective officials can be removed from office by special election (mid-term)
Direct Primary
Voters choose political candidates
17th Amendment
Voters elect senators
Robert Lafollete
Wisconsin laboratory of progressive; governor and senator of Wisconsin
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire
Mostly women were killed; lead to safety reforms
Booker T. Washington
Wrote a book “Up from Slavery”; talked about economics
WEB Dubios
anti-segregation; first black man to get a degree
NAACP
Nation Association of Advanced Colored People
Talented Tenth
Idea that the 10% of colored people were responsible for making the other 90% rise up
Temperance
No alcohol
