Progressive Movement (Early 1900s) Flashcards
1
Q
Who
A
- Middle class Americans, especially women
- Muckrakers: Bring problems of society to public attention
- Ida Tarbell : Book on the Standard Oil Company
- Upton Sinclair: The Jungle on meatpacking industry
- Jacob Riis: How The Other Half Lives poverty in tenements
- Jane Addams: Hull House, settlement houses for immigrants
- Ida B Wells: Organized anti-lynching crusade
2
Q
Demands
A
- Make government accountable to citizens
- Curb power of wealthy
- Be more active in the lives of individuals
3
Q
Solutions
A
- Direct Primaries
- 17th Amendment
- Initiative
- Referendum
- Recall
4
Q
Candidates
A
Theodore Roosevelt (1912)
5
Q
Political Party
A
Bull Moose Party