Progressive Era, Industrialism, and the Drive for Reform Flashcards
Triangle Factory fire
March 25, 1911 fire broke out in the triangle factory caused by a flammable rag or
cigarette butt. Many women died around 146, mostly immigrant women.
What were the results of Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle?
Meat Inspection Act (allowed federal agents to inspect any meat crossing state lines,
could force products off the shelves) and the Pure Food and Drug Act (placed same restrictions as MIA on other foods and on medicines ) was passed
Upton Sinclair’s initial purpose in writing his book “The Jungle”
“The Jungle’s” focus on the plight of the workers but the public was more interested in
the stories of the spoiled meat.
Nativism
Overt favoritism towards native born Americans
Progressive Era:
Given its name because of the new laws that would be passed. This time would
represent progress in the form of changes for society.
Muckrakers
Journalists who would expose the underside of American life
Bessemer process
The process included injecting air into molten iron to remove the carbon
Chinese Exclusion Act
In 1882, congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act, banning entry of all Chinese immigrants
except students, teachers, merchants, and tourists
Ellis Island
It was located in New York Harbor. It had a processing center for immigrants to the area.
What natural resources drove the Industrial period of the late 1800s and early 1900s?
Steel and oil
How did treatment differ regarding East Coast immigrants vs. West Coast immigrants?
East was more welcoming while the West was afraid that Chinese immigrants would take all the jobs because of cheaper labor
Which class of people were the progressives trying to help?
Everyone
