The Progressive Movement Flashcards
Progressive Movement
Reform movement that sought to address the social problems created by the industrial revolution
What is a progressive or a progressive reformer
Person who wanted to change things
Muckrakers
Journalists, writers, etc. who “raked up” and exposed the corruption and problems in society
Terrance Movement
Social reform that promoted limiting or ending the use of alcohol or PROHIBITION
Suffrage
The right to vote
Protecting social welfare
Improving living conditions
Promoting moral improvement
Get rid of alcohol
Creating economic reform
Protecting businessmen and consumers
Creating gov’t reform
Women get right to vote
Fostering efficiency in the workplace
Continue to produce
Muller vs. Oregon
Gov’t can put limits on working hours for women in certain industries- opens door ti mire workplace restrictions in business owners- hours and wages.
Child Labor Laws
Many states began passing regulations in the early 1900s- enforcement still a problem- states pass school attendance laws
Working conditions improvements
After the triangle factory fire many local and state governments pass laws about factory safety- sprinklers, fire escapes, exits, etc.
The 18th amendment
Banned the production and sale of alcohol in the U.S- PROHIBITION
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Passed to limit and breakup the creation of trusts and monopolies- increase opportunity for competition, protect consumers from price gouging.
Meat inspection act
Set standards for production and labeling of meat productions; clean up unsanitary production conditions
Pure food and drug act
Sets standards for labeling foods and medicines for consumer protection- leads to creation or the food and drug administration (FDA)
17th Amendment
Changes the election of U.S senators in each state to a direct vote of the people
19th Amendment
Guarantees voting rights regardless of gender (women’s suffrage)
Secret Ballot
People vote privately without fear of coercion
Referendum
Allows citizens to vote on a proposed of existing law
Recall
Allows voters to remove an elected official from office
Direct Primary
Voters select a party’s candidates for public office
Ida Tarbell
Main Issues- ending business corruptions
Methods of creation change- journalism/writer “muckraker”
Important Actions and Contributions- wrote “the history of standard oil” led to a court case where Rockefeller gets sued
Florence Kelley
Main Issues- Racial discrimination and child labor laws
Method of change- led compagine organizer
Important Actions- fought against sweat shops, minimum wage NAACP founder
Jacob Riis
Main Issue- Housing, eduction, and poverty
Method of Change- writing/journalist photographer “muckraker”
Important Actions- helped set in motion photo journalism with political reform
Was police reporter - New York
“How the other half lives” book published
Ida B. Wells
Main Issues- civil rights discrimination
Method of Change- NACWE/ made associations, Anti-lynching writer
Important Actions- wrote article about 3 African American men who started a store and got killed for it because of their race, founding member of NAACP
Frances Willard
Main Issues- women’s suffrage, rights for women
Method of Change- speaking/ lectures, creating groups of like-minded women
Important Actions- president of the woman’s Christian temperance Union. Founded the national council of women started the world WCTU.
Jane Addams
Main Issues- child labor, women’s rights, child care
Method of Change- created the “hull house” settlement
Important Actions- started the Hull house settlement to help immigrants learn English and get settled. She also helped women, children, and orphans
Upton Sinclair
Main Issues- working conditions in meat packing
Method of Change- investigative writer
Important Actions- went undercover to a meat packing factory and then wrote about his experiences-published; “the jungle”
Lincoln Steffens
Main Issues- Political/ gov’t corruption
Method of Change- writer and journalist “muckraker”
Important Actions- wrote the book “the shame of the cities”
Newspapers
Carry Nation
Main Issues- fought against alcohol
Method of Change- marched, raided bars
Important Actions- used an ax and broke down bars part of the WCTU
Lewis Hine
Main Issues- expose working conditions
Method of Change- develop photograph usage
Important Actions- developed the use of photograph to expose working conditions
Carrie Chapman Catt
Main Issues- suffragist
Method of Change- national American suffrage women association
Important Actions- found women peace party devised the “winning plan”- 15th amendment
Theodore Roosevelt
Main Issues- efficiently using natural resources
Method of Change- expanded national parks and forests
Important Actions- proposed welfare state and supporting labor unions
Robert LaFollette
Main Issues- tax reform
Method of Change- worked to change government redirections laws in the Wisconsin area
Important Actions- implemented primary
