Chapter 20: The Progressive Era

Question 1

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

Answer 1

Industria factory in 1911 in Manhattan. The factory was under lock and chain to prevent workers from taking unauthorized breaks. When a fire broke out people couldn’t get out, 71 were injured and 146 died

Question 2

Ray Stannard Baker

Answer 2

A journalist who exposed the runaway and corrupt side of American capitalism

Question 3

Walter Rauschenbush

Answer 3

Baptist minister who advocated for ‘social gospel’ which was a protestant movement to save all of society, not just the individual

Question 4

Carrie A. Nation

Answer 4

A woman who destroyed saloons and drew attention to the moral reform movement which leads to the prohibition movement

Question 5

Jane Addams

Answer 5

Feminist who embarked on a speaking tour. She spoke across the US and Europe. She worked to improve social conditions for workers and urban families

Question 6

Women’s Trade Union Leauge

Answer 6

The WTUL organized and campaigned alongside the National American Woman Suffrage Association. They wanted women to gain equal rights and the right t vote

Question 7

Herbert Croly

Answer 7

Wrote ‘The Promise of American Life’. He argued that so much wealth in the hands of so few people would degrade democracy and society

Question 8

Munn v. Illinois

Answer 8

Found that some companies were so large that the States and the federal government could regulate companies if they affected the public interest

Question 9

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

Answer 9

The Clayton Anti-Trust Act passed in 1914 was Congress’ attempt to close loopholes surrounding monopolies in the US. read to Roosevelt and ‘Trust Busting’

Question 10

Gifford Pinchot

Answer 10

The ‘Father of American Forestry’. Proposed utilitarianism conservation that emphasized the efficient use of resources to reduce waste

Question 11

Homer Plessy

Answer 11

The name’s sake for Plessy v. Fergusson which established ‘separate but equal’ in the US

Question 12

Booker T. Washington

Answer 12

A former slave who was one of the early leaders for civil rights in America. Spoke all over the US and advocated for the incremental change for long-term gain. Founded a black college called the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama

Question 13

NAACP

Answer 13

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored Peoples. Founded in part by W.E.B. Du Boise. Founded to advance the rights and arguments fo colored people in America