Progressives
Investigative journalists and photographers who set to expose the many issues, such as child labor and inhumane working conditions, as a result of industrialization
Muckrakers
The type of environment that affected industry workers' physical health during the Progressive era
Poor Working Conditions
President Theodore Roosevelt enacted this law which made it illegal for trains to operate without automatic couplers and air brakes to reduce railroad work-related deaths and injuries
Railroad Safety Appliance Act
Author of The Jungle (1905), who wrote about the inhumane conditions that largely immigrant workers faced in Chicago’s stockyards, and the devastations suffered by their families
HINT: His books led to government intervention into the meat-packing industry
Upton Sinclair
The unequal distribution of income; heightened during the Progressive Era as corporate leaders, such as Carnegie and Rockefeller, controlled the flow of money and the market
Economic Inequality
An organization, established by Grace Abbott, that helped immigrants assimilate into the American way of life.
Infamous for escorting young immigrant girls to their destination to prevent them from becoming victims of human trafficking
Immigrant Protection League (Chicago)
This danish-born police reporter, turned social reformer, published a book detailing the poor living conditions of immigrant residents in overcrowded apartment homes
Jacob Riis
This type of labor was used by big businesses (i.e. sweatshops and coal mines) because it was cheap and the workers were too young to challenge their bosses
Exploitation of Labor (Child Labor)
In response to the unsanitary conditions of food production plants, this law prevented the sale of tainted food or drugs
Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906
A 1896 Democratic presidential nominee who distrusted monopolies and government action on behalf of farmers and workers.
Notorious Populist for being against the Gold Standard which appealed to debt-ridden farmers
William Jennings Bryan
The process by which population shifts from an agrarian (farming) society to a city-dwelling society.
Urbanization
Social reform institutions aimed to accommodate classrooms, meetings halls, and communal living spaces for immigrants.
Unrelated middle-class women and men lived as "settlers," to help immigrants assimilate into American culture.
Settlement Houses
The 26th President of the United States (1901-1909) who increased the powers of the federal government (i.e. creating the Department of Labor and Commerce)
This president believed that increased government would protect American interests against industrialists, mergers, and big businesses
Theodore Roosevelt
A movement of people from one country to another
Immigration
Established in 1869, this labor union aimed to protect the interests and welfare of workers. It aimed to pass factory regulations and advocated against child labor.
Knights of Labor