Progressive Page 1 Flashcards
What did anti-suffragists fear would happen if women had the right to vote?
- Voting would interfere with women’s duties at home or would destroy families.
- Women did not have the education or experience to become competent voters
- thought some women didn’t want to vote and didn’t want to force suffrage on them
- Business opposed suffrage, they were afraid women voters would get laws and regulations passed that would drive a business cost
- churches, believing that since the man is the head of the household, his vote represented the entire family
Who laid the foundation of the progressive movement
Muckrakers
In the case of Muller versus Oregon, the Brandeis brief convinced the Supreme Court to uphold what
- His research proves that long working hours harm the health of women
- Limited work days to 10 hours for women in laundries and factories
What event was a turning point for reformingreform and workplace safety
Triangle shirtwaist company fire
The novel the jungle by Upton Sinclair prompts an investigation into what industry
The meat packing industry
By 1900 more than 2000 women had found employment in this field in which only 35 women worked in 1870
Newspapers - artist and journalist
In the progressive era what did women reforms campaign for
- Children’s health and welfare
– Prohibition
– Civil rights – temperance and suffrage - National woman suffrage Association
She was arrested for knowingly wrongfully and unlawfully voting in 1872
Susan B Anthony
Soon after he took office as president, what did teddy Roosevelt intervene in
The coal strike of 1902
President Roosevelt had a national reputation as a what
Trust buster
Theodore Roosevelt refuse to support President Taft reelection, and the Republican Party split after what event
The Ballinger- Pinchot event
When President Wilson succeed in reducing tariffs, how did the government make up the shortfall
- Income tax
- Graduating tax, the more money you make, the more money you pay
This government agency, created under President Wilson, enforces antitrust laws and unfair business practices like deceptive advertising
Federal trade commission
Ratification of what was the final victory for women suffrage
19th amendment
How did the Muckraker pave the way for political reforms
They expose the Darkside of society
