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Progressive Era Flashcards

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Progressive

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Supporter of Progressive Movement- 20th century reform movement seeking to return control of gov. to the people, restore economic opportunities, correct injustices in American life.

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Settlement Houses

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Community center providing assistance to residents/immigrants

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Hull House

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Famous settlement house in Chicago founded by Jane Adams

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Americanization

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Instilling American culture and ideals in immigrants. Also leads to US becoming the most literate nation

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Old Immigration

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England, Ireland, Germany, etc (Northern/Western Europe)

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New Immigration

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Italy, Austria-Hungary, Russia, etc (Southern/Eastern Europe)

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Nativism

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favoring the interests of native-born people over foreign-born people

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Chinese Exclusion Act

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1882- Prohibited Chinese except students, teachers, merchants, tourists, gov. officials

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Suffrage

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the right to vote

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Plessy vs. Ferguson

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1896- Supreme Court allowed separate but equal racial separations in public

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Jim Crow Laws

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laws from Southern states that separates blacks and whites in public and private

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NAACP

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National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1964- organization for racial equality

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Monopoly

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control of an entire industry’s production, wages, prices, etc.

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Pure Food and Drug Act

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1906- law to stop sale of contaminated foods/drugs, to ensure truth in labeling

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Ellis Island

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former immigrant inspection center/station

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Prohibition (18th amendment)

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Banned the sale, manufacture and distribution of alcohol. Ended by 21st Amendment.

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Ethnic Enclave

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an area where an immigrant group concentrates ie all the Italians going to one place

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19th Amendment

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women’s right to vote

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Great Migration

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1910-1920, large-scale movement of African-Americans from south to northern cities

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Gospel of Wealth

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Carnegie’s belief that the wealthy and powerful should give back to society before they die, ie helping build libraries for people to get knowledge

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Booker T. Washington

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African-American ex slave, wanted African Americans to focus on becoming financially respected, wanted racial equality, rights activist, wanted African-Americans to learn trade skills

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Jacob Riis

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photographer- exposed immigrant lifestyle

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Lewis Hine

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photographer- exposed child labor

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Upton Sinclair

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author- wrote book called “The Jungle” about meat-packing industry, helped get laws passed to better regulate food products, 1906 meat inspection act

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W.E.B. DuBois

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civil rights activist, 1st African-American to earn Ph. D. from Harvard, co-founded NAACP, disagreed with Booker T Washington bc he believed that through higher education, will African-Americans get civil rights. Og editor of The Crisis.

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Jane Adams

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Co-founder of Hull House

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What were the positive and negative impacts of FMC’s $5 a Day initiative?

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Pros: people earn more $ (2x standard wage), so standard of living goes up- immigrants can buy better houses, employees can buy Ford cars

Cons: restricted employees’ freedom- monitored personal lives of employees

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In what ways did the Progressives attempt to deal with their 4 main issues?

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Cities are crowded and dirty: subways, skyscrapers, sewer systems, garbage disposal, fire safety codes, gov. regulation on business, housing, services, campaigns for parks.

Workplace is harsh and unfair: fought for min. wage laws, regulations on child labor

Divided America threatens democracy: settlement houses, Americanization programs, citizenship education, promotion of segregation and anti-lynching

Corrupt politics: political cartoons

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