Beginnings of the Progressive Era(G.O - 1)
Who/what were Muckrakers?
Journalist who dramatized the need for reform
This is the right to vote.
Suffrage
This movement fought for farmers to be treated more fairly by the railroads.
The Agrarian Movement
What amendment banned the making, selling, and transportation of alcohol illegal? (Prohibition)
18th Amendment
Name all 3 Progressive Era Presidents
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
What were the 3 areas/categories that Progressives aimed to reform in America?
Political, Social, and Big Business problems
What does NAWSA stand for?
National American Woman Suffrage Association
This movement originated among churches and fought to end child labor and ban alcohol.
Social Gospel Movement
What amendment gave the people the power to directly elect their senators?
17th Amendment
What was Theodore Roosevelt's economic agenda called.
Square Deal
Who wrote The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair
These women led the NAWSA
Susan B Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
This law was in response to Upton Sinclair's The Jungle exposing the conditions of meat packing plants.
The Meat Inspection Act
What amendment gave Women the right to vote?
19th Amendment
Roosevelt's motto was...
"Speak softly and carry a big stick"
Upton Sinclair - Meat Industry and Working Conditions
Jacob Riis - Living conditions of poor in the cities
Lincoln Steffens - Political corruption
Ida Tarbell - Oil/Monopoly/Rockefeller
This event led to women taking over the jobs of men such work in the factories.
World War I.
This organization was created to fight for the rights of minorities.
NAACP
What Amendment gave Congress the power to impose an income tax?
16th Amendment
The Progressive Era was the response to the problems associated with this era in US History.
The Gilded Age.
The 19th Amendment was passed in this year and gave women the right to vote.
1920
This law created a central bank in the United States.
The Federal Reserve Act
The direct election of this political office became a reality in the 16th amendment.
The Senate
This was the name of Wilson's economic plan.
New Freedom