PROGRESSIVE WORDWALL Flashcards
THE PROGRESSIVE ERA
PERIOD OF TIME WHERE PEOPLE EXPOSED THE BAD SITUATIONS IN SOCIETY. (URBANIZATION, SOCIAL DISORDER/LABOR, POLITICAL corruption. Want new laws to correct social problems. The belief that there should be change from the government.
progressives
individuals and/or groups advocating for new liberal ideas, wanting change
MUCKRAKER
JOURNALISTS WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION AND PROBLEMS. EXPOSED PROBLEMS: DID NOT POSE SOLUTINOS, THEODORE ROOSEVELT OWN IT
JACOB RIIS
MUCKRAKER WHO EXPOSED THE TRUTH ABOUT POOR LIVING AND WORKING CONDITIONS THROUGH PICTURES OF PEOPLE STRUGGLING. (βHOW THE OTHER HALF LIVESβ)
LEWIS HINE
AMERICAN SOCIOLOGIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER WHO USED HIS CAMERA TO EXPOSE ILLS IN SOCIETY SUCH AS CHILD LABOR
UPTON SINCLAIR
EXPOSED THE MEAT PROCESSING INDUSTRY IN HIS NOVEL THE JUNGLE
THE JUNGLE
EXPOSES FINDINGS IN A MEATPACKING FACTORY. HE FOUND THAT CHOPPED MEAT SOMETIMES CONTAINED RATS, HAIRS, WOOD SPLINTERS, BITS OF ROPE, OR PIECES OF SPOILED MEAT
IDA TRABELL
MUCKRAKER WHO IS FAMOUS FOR EXPOSING UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES IN THE HISTORY OF THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY
THE HISTORY OF STANDAERD OIL CO.
CREATED BY IDA TRABELL TO EXPOSE UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES, FOCUSING MOSTLY ON ROCKEFELLER
LINCOLN STEFFENS
MUCKRAKER WHO EXPOSED CORRUPTION IN GOVERNMENT, ONE OF HIS WORKS INCLUDE THE SHAME OF THE CITIES
SETTLEMENT HOUSE
BEIGHBORHOOD CENTERS IN POOR AREAS THE OFFERED EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITES
JANE ADDAMS
CREATED THE HULL HOUSE IN CHICAGO THE STAFF OF THE HULL HOUSE FOCUSED ON THE NEEDS OF IMMIGRANT FAMILIES
HULL HOUSE
NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER IN CHICAGO THAT OFFERED EDUCATION, RECREATION, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITS FOR THOSE LIVING IN POOR CONDITIONS. BY 1893, HULL HOUSE WAS SERVING 2000 PEOPLE
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
INFLUENTIAL SPEAKER ON RACE RELATIONS. BELIEVED IT WAS BETTER TO REMAIN SEPARATE FROM W HITES THAN TO ATTEMPT DESEGREGATION AS LONG AS WHITES GRANTED THEIR BLACK MEN AND WOMEN ACCESS TO ECONOMIC PROGRESS, EDUCATION AND JUSTICE UNDER U.S. COURTS
W.E.B. DUBOIS
INFLUENTIAL SPEAKER ON RACE RELATIONS. CHARGED THAT WASHINGTONβS STRATEGY, RATHER THAN FREEING THE BLACK MAN FROM OPPRESSION. ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NAACP
IDA B.WELLS
ACTIVIST AND WRITER WHO BROUGHT ATTENTION TO THE LYNCHING (TO PUT TO DEATH, EXPECIALLY BY HANGING) OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE SOUTH.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE (NAACP)
FOUNDED IN 1909 THAT AIMS TO ENSURE AND PROMOTE RACIAL EQULITY WITHIN SOCIETY
TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT
BEGAN IN 1800S TO FOUGHT AGAINST THE CONSUMPTION, PRODUCTION, AND DISTRIBUTION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. WILL LEAD TO PROHIBITION
PROHIBITION
STARTED IN THE 1920S WHERE THE CONSUMPTION DISTRIBUTION AND PRODUCTION OF ALCOHOL WAS ILLEGAL BY THE 18TH ADMENDMENT.
SPOILS SYSTEM
PRACTICE OF A POLITICAL PARTY GIVING JOBS TO THEIR SUPPORTERS RATHER THAN GIVING JOBS BASED ON MERIT
PARTY BOSS
LEADER OF POLITICAL PARTY WHO CONTROLS JOBS AND SERVICES (MANY DISHONEST!!)
BOSS TWEED
CORRUPT CITY BOSS IN NYC IN 1860S AND 1870S. CONTROLLED THE CITYβS POLICE, COURTS AND SOME NEWPAPERS. COLLECTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN ILLEGAL PAYMENTS FROM COMPANIES DOING BUSINESS WITH THE CITY
THEODORE ROOSEVELT
PRESIDENT FORM 1901-1909. KNOWN AS TRUSTBUSTER, BELIEVED THERE WERE GOOD AND BAD TRUST AND THOSE BAD TRUSTS/MONOPOLIES NEEDED TO BE BROKEN. CONSERVATIONIST. SAW PASSAGE OF PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT AND MEAT INSPECTION ACT.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT
PRESIDENT FROM 1909-1913. FAVORED BUISNESS REGULATION AND OPPOSED SOCIALISM. CHOSE TO MOVE CAUTIOUSLY TOWARD REFORM AND REGULATIONS. (UPSETED ROOSEVELT WHO WANTED STRICTER REGULATIONS OF BIG BUISNESS. STARTED MANY INTITRUST LAWSUITS
WOODROW WILSON
PRESIDENT 1913-1921. PRESIDENT DURING PASSAGE OF THE 16 AND 17 AMENDMENTS AND CLAYTON ANTI-TRUT ACT
PURE FOOD AND DRUG ACT
PROHIBITS THE MANUFACTURE, SALE, AND TRANSPORT OF MISLABELED OR CONTAMINATED FOOD AND DRUGS
MEAT INSPECTION ACT (1906)
DUE TO THE JUNGLE BOOK THE GOVERNMENT WILL INSPECT ANY MEAT FOUND UNFIT FOR EATING. MADE STANDARDS FOR INSPECTING MEAT PROCESSING PLANTS THAT CONDUCTED BUSINESS ACROSS STATE LINES.
SUFFRAGE
RIGHT TO VOTE
16TH ADMENDMENT
ALLOW CONGRESS TO LEAVY AN INCOME TAX
17TH ADMENDMENT
CALLED FOR DIRECT ELECTION OF SENATORS BY THE PEOPLE RATHER THAN STATE LEGISLATURES -> SENATORS NOW ELECTED BY POPULAR VOTE
18TH ADMENTMENT
CRATED PROHIBITION (1919-1933). BANNED PRODUCTION, SALE AND TRANSPORTATION OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THROUGHOUT THE U.S.
19TH ADMENTMENT
GRANTED WOMEN SUFFRAGE (THE RIGHT TO VOTE)
21ST ADMENDMENT
REPEALED THE 18TH ADMENDMENT BUT NOT UNTIL 1933. ENDED PROHIBITON
SHERMAN ANTI-TRUST ACT (1890)
FIRST FEDERAL LAW TO CONTROL TRUSTS/MONOPOLIES. DID LITTLE TO CURB THE POWER OF BIG BUSINESS
CLAYTON ANTI-TRUST ACT (1914)
AMENDMENT PASED BY U.S. CONGRESS IN 1914 THE PROVIDES FURTHER CLARIFICATION AND SUBSTANCE TO THE SHERMAN ANTITRUST ACT OF 1890 (FIXING PRICE, DISCRIMINATION, PRICE FIXING AND UNFAIR BUSINESS PRACTICES). ONE OF THE GOVERNMENTS CHIEF WEAPONS USED AGAINST TRUSTS
THE PENDLETON ACT (1883)
ESTABLIHED THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION TO GIVE EXAMS FOR FEDERAL JOBS
TENEMENT HOUSE LAW (1901)
NEW YORK STATE PROGRESSIVE ERA LAW WHICH OUTLAWED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE DUMBBELL-SHAPED STYLE TENEMENT HOUSING. SETTING MINIMUM SIZE REQUIREMENTS FOR TENEMENT HOUING. MANDATED INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING, BETTER VENTILATION, AND INDOOR BATHROOMS.
