progressive era terms Flashcards
social gospel
-the application of christain principles to society (socialism would be the outcome of christainity)
-supported legislation for an eight-hour work day, the abolition of child labor, and government regulation of business monopolies
social darwinism
-the idea that people in society become powerful because they are innately better
-“survival of the fittest”
-groups of people are more advanced than others (wealthy)
grange
-also known as the patrons of husbandry, it was founded in 1867 to advance methods in agriculture
-promoted the social and economic needs of farmers in america
populism
-a political movement that promotes the idea that its leaders alone represent “the people” in their struggle against the “elite establishment”
-normal people in a group have a voice in government, not a small group of representatives
farmers alliance
-an american agrarian movement that helped improve the economic conditions for farmers through the creation of cooperatives and political advocacy
-favored farmers in buying, selling, and storing agricultural produce
coal creek labor saga
-an armed labor uprising
-coal mine owners in the coal creek watershed began to remove and replace their employed with convict laborers leased out by the prison system
samuel gompers
-founded the american federation of labor and served as its president for forty years
-believed that labor had the most to gain by organizing skilled craft workers, rather than attempting to organize all workers in an industry
-refused to form an alliance with the knights of labor
ida tarbell
-american muckraker that revealed the illegal means used by John D. Rockefeller to monopolize the early oil industry
upton sinclair
-american muckraker that was exposing the disgusting and unsafe working conditions of the meat packing industry
-wrote a book called the jungle
sherman antitrust law
-authorized the federal government to institute proceedings against trusts in order to dissolve them. in other words, they prohibit monopolies
pure food and drug act
prohibited the sale of non-safe food and drugs in interstate commerce
the square deal
protection of the consumer, control of large corporations, and conservation of natural resources
new freedom
-promised significant reforms for greater economic opportunity for everyone while guaranteeing the tradition of limited government
-emphasized business competition
monopolies
a company that exists in a market with little to no competition, allowing the person in charge to set whatever prices when facing customers, making them highly profitable
trust
trusts are the organization of several businesses in the same industry and by joining forces, the trust controls production and distribution of a product or service, thereby limiting competition
