The growth of cities as result of people living and working in them
Urbanization
the names given to journalists who attempted to expose government corruption
Muckrakers
Overcrowded housing in the cities led many immigrants to live in these.
Tenements
This movement prior to the Progressive era served as a stepping stone and was led by William Jennings Bryan
Populist / Populism
This event began as a labor union protest and escalated into a riot
Haymarket
where most immigrants coming from Europe were processed when coming to America
Ellis island
This muckraker wrote extensively about the greed of big business and its exploitation of wage earners.
Lincoln Steffans
For what position was Roosevelt chosen in 1900?
Vice President
The idea that wealth and financial success is tied to genetic makeup
Social Darwinism
This muckraker wrote extensively about the corrupt business practices of Rockefeller
Ida Tarbell
The name for Teddy Roosevelt's domestic policy
What is the Square Deal
This Act increased government regulations on the shipping industry.
Interstate Commerce Act
What are 5 ways that citizens gained political rights during the Progressive Era?
Initiative, Referendum, Recall, the Primary System, direct election of senators, and Women's Suffrage.
He worked on the railroad from age 14 and eventually became the leader of the U.S. Socialist Party
Eugene Debbs
One of the longest and most bitter conflicts between labor and capital in the south.
Coal Creek War (Saga)
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This amendment repealed the text of the 18th Amendment, ending prohibition
20th Amendment
Name of the president who was advised by John Muir on environmental issues...
These are the Progressive Amendments. Describe each one for extra points
16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th
The cartoon depicts
Horizontal integration
When citizens can vote on the passage of or changes to a law
Referendum
Muckraker known for his work that led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act....
Upton Sinclair
Photographer that Exposed the truth about People living in City Slums
Jacob Riis
This law, named after a Senator from Ohio was the first to combat unfair trade practices and monopolies
What is the Sherman Anti Trust Act of 1890
Who did Taft run against in the 1908 presidential election?
William Jennings Bryan
Roosevelt's view on trusts were that....
There are good trusts and bad trusts.
Which muckraker wrote that, in the south, "five human beings were lynched and no real importance to them was shown."
Ida B. Wells
The name of the third party created by Teddy Roosevelt to run in the 1912 presidential election.
Progressive Party (Bull Moose Party)
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This woman from Monteagle was the most prominent leader of the anti-suffragist movement in TN
Josephine Pearson
The president who held office during the passage of the largest number of progressive laws
Woodrow Wilson
The two most prominent African American Progressives.
Booker T. Washington & W.E.B. Du Bois