The Progressive Movement Flashcards

(36 cards)

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Progressive Movement

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Reform movement that sought to address the social problems created by the industrial revolution

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What is a progressive or a progressive reformer

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Person who wanted to change things

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Muckrakers

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Journalists, writers, etc. who “raked up” and exposed the corruption and problems in society

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Terrance Movement

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Social reform that promoted limiting or ending the use of alcohol or PROHIBITION

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Suffrage

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The right to vote

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Protecting social welfare

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Improving living conditions

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Promoting moral improvement

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Get rid of alcohol

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Creating economic reform

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Protecting businessmen and consumers

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Creating gov’t reform

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Women get right to vote

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Fostering efficiency in the workplace

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Continue to produce

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Muller vs. Oregon

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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.

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Child Labor Laws

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Many states began passing regulations in the early 1900s- enforcement still a problem- states pass school attendance laws

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Working conditions improvements

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After the triangle factory fire many local and state governments pass laws about factory safety- sprinklers, fire escapes, exits, etc.

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The 18th amendment

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Banned the production and sale of alcohol in the U.S- PROHIBITION

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The Sherman Anti-Trust Act

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Passed to limit and breakup the creation of trusts and monopolies- increase opportunity for competition, protect consumers from price gouging.

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Meat inspection act

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Set standards for production and labeling of meat productions; clean up unsanitary production conditions

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Pure food and drug act

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Sets standards for labeling foods and medicines for consumer protection- leads to creation or the food and drug administration (FDA)

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17th Amendment

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Changes the election of U.S senators in each state to a direct vote of the people

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19th Amendment

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Guarantees voting rights regardless of gender (women’s suffrage)

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Secret Ballot

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People vote privately without fear of coercion

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Referendum

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Allows citizens to vote on a proposed of existing law

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Recall

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Allows voters to remove an elected official from office

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Direct Primary

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Voters select a party’s candidates for public office

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Ida Tarbell

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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

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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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Lewis Hine
Main Issues- expose working conditions Method of Change- develop photograph usage Important Actions- developed the use of photograph to expose working conditions
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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
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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
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Robert LaFollette
Main Issues- tax reform Method of Change- worked to change government redirections laws in the Wisconsin area Important Actions- implemented primary