Workers and Industry
What types of jobs did children work?
Mills, factories, and mines
What does suffrage mean?
The right to vote.
What did the temperance movement seek to reduce or eliminate?
alcohol
What was a muckraker?
A journalist who exposed corruption and social problems.
Why did factory owners hire children?
Low wages
What was the main goal of the women's suffrage movement?
Winning voting rights for women.
What was Prohibition?
A nationwide ban on the manufacture, sale, and transportation of intoxicating liquor
What industry did The Jungle expose problems in?
The meatpacking industry.
What did labor unions want for workers?
Better wages, safer conditions, and shorter working hours.
This suffrage leader who organized protests and demonstrations to demand voting rights. (In front of the white house)
Alice Paul
Why did temperance supporters want to restrict alcohol?
They linked alcohol to problems such as poverty, domestic violence, and crime.
Which photographer documented child labor in America?
Lewis Hine.
What is a strike?
When workers stop working to demand changes.
Which constitutional amendment granted women nationwide voting rights?
The 19th Amendment.
Which constitutional amendment established Prohibition?
The 18th Amendment.
Who wrote The Jungle?
Upton Sinclair.
How did Progressive workplace reforms help workers?
They promoted workplace safety, limits on child labor, and better working conditions.
In what year was the 19th Amendment ratified?
1920
Which constitutional amendment repealed Prohibition?
The 21st Amendment.
How did Ida B. Wells fight injustice during the Progressive Era?
She exposed and campaigned against lynching.