TEST Progressive Era, Pre WW1, and WW1 Flashcards
Upton Sinclair’s novelThe Jungle
meant to open America’s eyes to the plight of workers in filthy, dangerous Chicago stockyards
Nineteenth Amendment
stated that the right to vote “shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex.”
Margaret Sanger
believed that families that had less children could improve, so she opened the first birth control center; she founded founded the American Birth Control League
NAWSA
Carrie Chapman Catt joined the National American Woman Suffrage Association and became the president; helped women win the right to vote in 3 states
W.E.B. Du Bois
believed that black Americans had to demand their social and civil rights or else become permanent victims of racism
Square Deal
goals were to keep the wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small businesses
NAACP
the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; aimed to help African Americans be free from discrimination; created after a white mob killed people in Illinois
Booker T Washington
believed that African Americans had to achieve economic independence before civil rights
Ida B. Wells
a black teacher who helped form the Nation Association of Colored Women (NACW), which aimed to help families strive for success and to assist those who were less fortunate; set up daycare systems while parents worked
Muckrakers
because they were writers that focused on the ugliest side of things in reform, Roosevelt called them muckrakers (a muckrake is a tool used to clean manure and hay out of animals’ stables); Lincoln Steffens is a leading muckraker, editor at McClure’s, which uncovers social problems; he wrote The Shame of the Cities; Jacob Riis is another leading muckraker, a photographer for New York Evening Sun; he wrote How the Other Half Lives
Settlement house
a community center that provided social services to the urban poor; when Jane Addams was in Europe, she was inspired by the settlement house Toynbee Hall, so she opened the Hull House, which inspired women to become social workers.
Gifford Pinchot
believed that forests should be preserved so that people could use their trees, one they matured, as good lumber
Clayton Antitrust Act
strengthened old antitrust acts by spelling out those activities in which businesses could not engage
WCTU
the Women’s Christian Temperance Union, the practice of never drinking alcohol
What did Progressive women reformers work to do?
they wanted to gain rights for women
Susan B. Anthony
struggled to have a voice in politics; managed to win rights to vote in a couple of western states
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
struggled to have a voice in politics; managed to win rights to vote in a couple of western states
What political party did Wilson represent in 1912 election?
He represented the moral diplomacy/Latin American party
Hawaii’s annexation
A U.S. tariff increased sugar prices in Hawaii; Successor Queen Liliuokalani abolished white planter’s power, but was overthrown by the U.S. government; President Harrison tried to annex Hawaii, but could not because Grover Cleveland became president
Moral diplomacy
Wilson’s campaign for the rights of Latin Americans
USS Maine
Spain would not listen to the Americans, so they sent the USS Maine to protect American citizens from Cuba, which sank, and contributed to the war outbreak
Platt Amendment
prevented Cuba from signing a treaty with another nation without American approval, technically added their land to the US, and granted the right to intervene to protect the peace in Cuba
Federal Reserve Act
placed banks under the control of the Federal Reserve Board, which helped banks from gaining to much money; also created a system of borrowing money
Rough Riders
Roosevelt’s group consisting of rugged westerners that lived on a strenuous life; they battled in Kettle and the San Juan hills in Santiago, Cuba.
Roosevelt’s big stick
depends on a strong military to achieve American’s goals; came from African American saying, “Speak softly and carry a big stick; and you will go far”
