Problems of Industrial Society
The growth of factories & industries in the late 1800's
What was Industrialization
Though he was one himself, he felt that muckrakers did more harm than good by only reporting on the negative
Who was Theodore Roosevelt
The 3 C's of The Square Deal
What are Conservation, Corporations & Consumers
A fire broke out here on March 25, 1911 in New York City
What was The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory
Attacked bars and saloons with a hatchet
Who was Carrie Nation
Poorly built apartment buildings
What are tenements
Citizens can vote on laws & increase taxes for new programs
What is a Referendum
Expanded the Interstate Commerce Commission's control to include telegraphs, telephones & radios & created safety codes for coal miners and railroad workers
Who was William Howard Taft
This state in 1912 became the first state to pass a minimum wage law
What is Massachusetts
A muckraker who was the only African American woman to march in the first suffragists parade
Who was Ida B. Wells
Workers formed these and used these and protests to force change
What are unions and strikes
Was a period of social & political reform aimed at eliminating the corruption of unfair business practices and counteracting the negative effects of industrialization that plagued the Gilded Age
What is The Progressive Era
Won the Election of 1912 because the addition of a third party split the Republican vote
Who was Woodrow Wilson
Women's pressure on Congress helped create this in the Labor Department
What is the Children's Bureau
Led a national march on Washington, D.C. in 1913 and went on a hunger strike while in jail
Who was Alice Paul
Leaders used dishonest practices and political machines controlled cities signified this
What is political corruption
President of the Women's Christian Temperance Union and influenced the passage of the 18th & 19th Amendments
Who was Frances Willard
Allowed for direction election of senators
What is the 17th Amendment
Their motto was "An injury to one is an injury to all" and were known as the "Wobblies"
What is the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
This union was at the forefront of the fight against alcohol
What was The Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU)
Rich were very wealthy and the poor were usually struggling workers which meant this
What is economic inequality
Wrote the book "How the Other Half Lives"
Who is Jacob Riis
William Howard Taft signed this to allow low-income families without bank accounts to deposit money
What is the Postal Savings System
Worked to raise awareness about the harsh realities of child labor through photographs, reports & public speeches founded in 1904
What was the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC)
National Association of Colored Women's founder & first president
Who was Mary Church Terrell