progressive era vocab Flashcards
Florence Kelley
founded national consumers league and believed women were hurt by unfair prices.
National Consumers league
gave special labels to good that were produced safely and encouraged people to only buy stuff with labels.
Temperance movement
a group that promoted to not drink alchohol
Margaret Sanger
Believed that the health of a women would be improved with less children and opened the first birth control clinic.
Ida B. Wells
African women who helped form the NACW and made an anti lynching campaign.
Carrie Chapman
one of the first female superintendents and promoted the NAWSA
National American Women’s Suffrage Association
organization which promoted womens rights in the democratic process.
Alice Paul
leader of the NAWSA and recruited women to join and the national women’s party.
19th amendment
granted women the right to vote
Frances Willard
leader of the WCTU and helped the passage of the 18th amendment (temperance)
Suffrage
women’s right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
wanted women to have a vice in political issues and formed the National Women’s Suffrage Association
Americanization
effort to make immigrants “blend” in with American stereotypes
W.E.B. DuBois
promoted the talented tenth which was the top 10 percent of the black population set an example for the rest.
Booker T. Washington
urged black men to move slowly toward racial progress.
Niagara movement
group who denounced the idea of gradual progress
National Association for the advancement of colored people
political organization that helped africans be physically free, mentally free, and politically free
Urban league
helped poor workers buy clothes and books to send children to school. Also helped find jobs
Anti defamation league
group who defended jews and others from physical and verbal attacks.
mutualistas
groups that made loans and provided legal assistance for mexican americans
American Indian Citizenship act of 1924
made all Native Americans citizens of the united states with full voting rights
square deal
progam who’s goal was to prevent the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of smaller businesses and the poor
Hepburn act
law that allowed the ICC to set max ship rates, ferries, toll bridges, and oil pipelines
meat inspection act
provided federal agents the power to inspect any meat sold across state lines and inspection of meat processing plants
