Progressive Era Flashcards
Mugwumps
Politicians who pushed for Civil Reform Acts, acts that stopped people from being hired just for who they knew.
Muckrakers
Group of journalists who analyzed society and shone light on negative things.
Ida Tarbell
Author of “History of Standard Oil”
“History of Standard Oil”
Book written by Ida Tarbell that shone light on the practices done by Standard Oil to maintain a monopoly.
Upton Sinclair
Author of “The Jungle”
“The Jungle”
Book written by Upton Sinclair that shone light on the meatpacking industry.
Jacob Riis
Author of “How the Other Half Lives”
“How the Other Half Lives”
Book written by Jacob Riis that shone light on slum conditions in Manhatten.
Henry Demarest Lloyd
Author of “Wealth Against Commonwealth”
“Wealth Against Commonwealth”
Book written by Henry Demarest Lloyd that shone light on monopolies.
“McClure’s”
Popular magazine that published articles written by muckrakers.
Lincoln Steffens
Author of “Shame of the Cities”
“Shame of the Cities”
Book written by Lincoln Steffens that shone light on how people would get immigrants the right to vote, made them vote a specific candidate, and got favors from the candidates.
Galveston, TX
Barrier island that was hit by a hurricane in 1900. Over 8000 people died. The hurricane showed how the government of Galveston, TX was unable to do anything about disasters.
Non-Partisan Commission
New system of government in Galveston, TX. Has a non-partisan committee that meets 1-2 times a week. The commissioners are loyal to the people, not a party. Spread across the nation.
City Manager Plan
Plan where a hired city manager, (typically a businessman or an engineer), runs the city on a day to day basis. Started in Galveston, TX but spread across the nation.
Initiatives
Allowed reformers to make laws that bypass an unresponsive legislature and gave the vote directly to the voters.
Referendums
Allowed voters to accept or reject actions taken by an unresponsive legislature.
Volstead Act
Act that became the 18th amendment.
18th Amendment
Prohibited the consumption, manufacturing, sale, or distribution of alcohol.
Women’s Suffrage Movement
Movement that pushed for women’s rights.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Started the women’s suffrage movement. Married to an abolitionist.
Seneca Falls
Hosted Women’s Rights Conventions.
Declaration of Sentiments
Document created by the Women’s Rights Conventions that said what the attendees wanted.
The Ninth Resolution
Said it is women’s duty to fight for their rights.
James Gordon Bennett
Writer for the “New York Herald”
“New York Herald”
Magazine that denounced the women’s suffrage movement. Backfired as it brought more attention/support to the issue.
Lucretia Mott
Met Elizabeth Cady Stanton at an anti-slavery convention, one of the founders of the women’s suffrage movement. Also was a Quaker preacher.
Martha C. Wright
Lucretia Mott’s sister, lived in Waterloo New York. One of the founders of women’s suffrage.
Jane Hunt
One of the founders of women’s suffrage.
Mary Ann McClintock
One of the founders of women’s suffrage.
Frederick Douglass
Former slave who supported the women’s suffrage movement.
“The North Star”
Newspaper written by Frederick Douglass, supported women’s suffrage.
Susan B. Anthony
Met Elizabeth Cady Stanton and then joined the women’s suffrage movement.
Charlotte Woodward
Only signer of the Seneca Falls Declaration to live long enough to cast a ballot in 1920.
Anna Howard Shaw
Boston social worker who helped grow the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
Carrie Chapman Catt
Journalist from Iowa who helped grow the National American Woman Suffrage Association.
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Grew from 13,000 members in 1893 to over 2 million in 1917. This growth was due to leaders of the association promoting suffrage in a safer, less threatening way.
19th Amendment
Passed in 1920, gave women the right to vote.
Theodore Roosevelt
President who used his power to break up trusts and monopolies.
“Trust Buster”
Nickname given to Teddy Roosevelt due to him breaking up trusts using the law.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Used by Teddy Roosevelt to break up Northern Securities Co.
Northern Securities Co. v. U. S., 1904
Case in which Teddy Roosevelt had the government use the Sherman Anti-Trust Act to break up Northern Securities Co. Justices voted in favor of the government in a vote of 5-4.
James J. Hill
One of the owners of Northern Securities Co.
Ed Harriman
One of the owners of Northern Securities Co.
John D. Rockefeller
One of the owners of Northern Securities Co.
J. P. Morgan
One of the owners of Northern Securities Co.
Woodrow Wilson
Governor of New Jersey, used his position to stop trusts in his state, “the mother of all trusts.”
Hiram Johnson
California Governor who promoted reforms to limit the political power of Jay Gould.
Charles Evans Hughes
Governor of New York who pushed for a commission to regulate public utilities.
Robert M. Lafollette
The most celebrated state reformer, turned Wisconsin into a “laboratory of progressivism.”
He:
-Won approval for Initiatives and Referendums.
-Regulated railroads/utilities
-Passed laws to regulate the workplace and provide worker’s comp
-Doubled state levies on railroads/other special interests.
