Progressive Era
How did direct primaries increase citizen's political power?
Party candidates were chosen by party members
Motivating forces for change in the Progressive Era
racial prejudice, business monopolies, and environmental distruction
Identified issues in society that needed to change.
Populist Party
Restricted the hours children younger than 16 can work and prevents children younger than 18 from doing dangerous jobs
Fair Labor Standards Act
Published articles urging the passing of laws to protect wilderness areas
John Muir
What reform did John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt work together on?
conservation and environmental protection
What was a benefit of big business?
More jobs, low unemployment, more products available
Organization that helped the farming industry
National Grange
Gained women's voting rights across the country
National Women's Party
Governor of Wisconsin who put political members in charge of picking a candidate instead of powerful businessmen
Robert La Follette
What did McKinley's victory mean to the Populist Party?
Fewer people favored reform and the Populist Party weakened
What was a goal of trust-busting?
to restore business competition
Reform that helped fight for equal rights and opportunities for all African Americans
NAACP
Provides health standards for the meat packing industry and federal inspection of meat.
Meat Inspection Act
Helped end child labor. Influenced 43 states to pass laws outlawing the hiring of children for work
Mother Jones
Allows voters to remove an elected official from office
recall
The purpose of Upton Sinclair writing The Jungle
To expose the terrible situation of factory workers
Their platform included an eight hour work day
Populist Party
Prohibits any form of business monopoly
Sherman Anti Trust Act
Founded Tuskegee Institute, advised African Americans to make the best of segregation, and felt the best way to get ahead was to work hard and improve your economic condition
Booker T Washington
allows voters to overturn an existing law
referendum
Who made electoral reforms that lead to direct primaries?
Robert La Follettte
Got some states to pass laws limiting railroad shipping rates and prices for grain storage.
National Grange
Requires manufacturers to use safe ingredients in their products and to advertise them truthfully
Pure Food and Drug Act
Political activist who helped for the NAACP to fight racism. Felt the best way o fight racism was to agitate and aggravate
WEB Du Bois