Progressive Era Flashcards
Muckrakers
a crusading journalist
targeted problems with big businesses
Upton Sinclair
wrote the jungle
revealed horrible things about the meat industry, helped safety regulations to be enforced
Ida Tarbell
accused John Rockefeller of unfair business methods
led to demand for more controls on trusts
Robert La Follette
Wisconsin Governor
created the Wisconsin idea
Sherman antitrust act
removed the ability to own multiple businesses
prohibited businesses from trying to limit or destroy competition
Limited the power of labor units
progressives
A diverse group of reformers united by a belief in the public interest
some presidents adopted progressive ideas
16th amendment
gave Congress the power to pass an income tax
wealthy people were now taxed more than poor/middle class
initiative
A process that allows voters to put a bill before a state legislature
gave voters a direct say in the lawmaking process
recall
A process by which people may vote to remove an elected official from office
gave voters more power
referendum
A way for people to vote directly on a proposed new law
Theodore Roosevelt
A young president who supported progressive goals
made progressive goals more popular
helped national parks/conserved resources
William Howard Taft
Roosevelt secretary of war, became president
broke trust, gave eight hour workdays, etc…
strong supporter of progressive ideas
however, lost many Progressives support
Woodrow Wilson
democratic candidate for president
created Clayton antitrust act-stopped business practices that limited competition
women’s suffrage
women’s right to vote
many brave women worked very hard to obtain the right to vote
19th amendment
guaranteed women the right to vote
women’s hard work has paid off, they could now contribute to the polls
meat inspection act
allowed for close inspection of the meatpacking industry
made food much safer, cleaner, and healthier
pure food and drug act
required food and drug makers to list all the ingredients on their packages
made food safer, cleaner, and healthier, also allowed people to know if there were any bad chemicals/allergens in food
trustbuster’s
A person working to destroy monopolies and trusts
broke up bad trusts
conservation
The protection of natural resources
helped resources last longer
set up national parks
Booker T. Washington
an educator who emerged as the most prominent African-American
taught himself to read, advised African-Americans to learn trades and move up gradually in society
W.E.B Dubois
A brilliant African American scholar
urged African Americans to fight discrimination rather than submit to it
Tuskegee institute
A school founded in Alabama
offered training in industrial and agricultural skills
Ida B Wells-Barnett
an African American journalist
spoke out for her rights
protested lynchings in her newspaper, “Fee Speech”
boycotted segregated street cars/white owned stores
civil servant
someone who worked for the government
Teddy Roosevelt and others at work so that civil servants could be actually qualified for their jobs
settlement housing
offered help to the urban poor
immigrants learned English
sponsored music/sports for young people
provided nurseries for children
mutualistas
Mutual aid groups
pooled money to pay for insurance and legal advice
collected money for sick/needy
temperance movement
The campaign against alcohol abuse
18th amendment: enforced prohibition, or a ban on the sale and consumption of alcohol
discrimination
worst housing, poorest jobs, violence
African-Americans faced discrimination in north and south
lynching
murder by a mob
this killed many African-Americans
people such as Ida B Wells wrote books and held boycott to protest
