Vocab
Happens when employees stop working in order to force an employer to comply with demands
Strike
Gave women the right to vote (1920)
19th Amendment
Voting Rights
Suffrage
Where the US president lives
White House, Washington DC
Era of intense social and political reform aimed at making progress toward a better society
Progressive Era
Organized associations of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests
Labor Unions
Suspended Chinese immigration (1882)
Chinese Exclusion Act
Anti-Alcohol Movement
Temperance
Millions of African Americans migrated from this region to other parts of the US during the Progressive Era
The South
Movement of around 6 million African Americans from rural areas in Southern states to urban areas in the Northern states between 1916 and 1970
Great Migration
Voters’ right to remove a candidate from the ballot
Recall
Allows Congress to levy a tax on income (1913)
16th Amendment
Caused the US population to grow by over 15 million within 2 decades
Immigration
Most Chinese immigrants settled in this state
California
Began when the 18th amendment banned the sale, production, and transportation of alcohol and lasted 13 years
Prohibition
People who oppose immigration and blame immigrants for crime, disease, and taking jobs away from Americans
Nativists
Allowed for senators to be elected directly by individual voters rather than state governments (1913)
17th Amendment
This issue involves workers' rights and conditions
Labor
Ellis Island, New York City
An international conflict that began during the Progressive Era, which the US joined in 1917
World War I
Gave voters the right to put issues on a ballot
Initiative
Established the standard 8-hour work day (1916)
Adamson Act
This issue led to the 17th Amendment and election reforms that expanded rights for voters
Political corruption
During the Progressive Era, many African Americans settled in this neighborhood where an artistic "Renaissance" occurred
Harlem, New York City
This tragedy accelerated the labor movement by inspiring laws that improved working conditions
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire