The Progressive Era Flashcards
The progressives focused primarily on?
Fighting corruption in government, worker’s and women rights, conservation, and public health.
The progressives were?
Reformers who were offended by the poverty and corruption of post-Civil War American.
Not all progressives agreed on what were the most important issues of the day. Some were more conservative and wanted
Gradual changes with little government interference, some wanted total government reforms and control.
Some reform groups were ______ _________
Labor Unions
The Great Uprising of 1877 started with ______ _________ and ________ when militia fired on demonstrators
RR strikes and violence
The K of Labor 1819 had ________ hour work days, was open to all workers _______ or _______ black and white, and _________ strikes
8 hour work days
Open to all workers skilled or unskilled
Opposed strikes
The Haymarket Square Bombing of 1886 scared nation that labor organizers were ____________ and __________
Anarchists and socialists
AFL ( American Federation of Labor) replaced Knights of Labor by 1890 and began
- ) unionism
- ) collective bargaining
- ) eliminated unskilled and blacks
- ) selectively backed strikes
WEB Dubois went to what college? (Hint: it is a famous ivy league school very common not Preston)
Harvard.
Booker T Washington went to what college?
Tuskegee institute
Dubois Niagara movement became known as the _______
NAACP
Booker T Washington says accept ________ now and work for _______ and _______ in the future.
Accept segregation now and work for education and rights for the future.
What was the Atlanta compromise?
Both men come together and agree to disagree on tactics
The Plessy vs Fergueson case of 1896 did what
Legalize separate but equal.
The social gospel movement believed the answer was with?
Individuals practicing Christianity in their daily affairs with their neighbors.
What are muckrakers?
They are investigative journalist and authors who exposed public corruption and the abuses of big business.
Who were investigative journalists and authors that expose corruption and abuse in big business.
Muckrakers
The National child Labor committee lobbied for laws restricting the use of _____ _______
Child labor
The National American Woman Suffrage Association led the movement to get women ____________
The right to vote.
How did the National American Women Suffrage Association gain women the right to vote? (Hint: think about Martin Luther King Jr. )
Through protest marches, hunger strikes, and sometime violent demonstrations.
The Municipal reformers led the movement to reform ___________ and ___________ city government.
Corruption and inefficient
Conservatives favor the efficient ________ and __________ of the nation’s natural resources
Management and regulation
Socialists promotes government?
Ownership of industry and workers control over business
Anti-Imperialism opposed the?
US acquiring colonies.
