DEFINITIONS
A political philosophy that supports reform and betterment of society
Progressivism
Type of reform that was focused on preserving natural resources
Environmental reform
College educated, middle class people that wanted to make change happen and fix America's problems
Progressives
1890-1920
This amendment defined citizenship an guaranteed equal rights and privileges
14th Amendment
The investigative journalists that wanted to expose corruption and abuse in business and government
Muckrakers
Law that required all ingredients to be listed on packages
Pure Food & Drug Act
This person took photographs exposing the living conditions in tenements and published them in their work titled How the Other Half Lives
Jacob Riis
The 3 things that happened during the Gilded Age that caused the problems Progressives are now trying to fix
Industrialization, urbanization, immigration
This article was written by a famous 'Captain of Industry' detailing their beliefs on what rich people should do with their money
Gospel of Wealth
A type of reform that wants to bring fairness and opportunity into the work world, regulate unfair trusts and bring changes in labor
Economic reform
A law designed to regulate businesses that operated across state lines
Interstate Commerce Act
This person believed that African Americans should focus on vocational training and economic prosperity
Booker T. Washington
This person published a series of articles known as The History of the Standard Oil Company
Ida Tarbell
Idea that the principles of evolution can be applied to human societies - "survival of the fittest"
Social Darwinism
Reform that allows voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from their jobs
Recall
A law that established a merit-based system of selecting government officials OR the government agency that enforces that law
The Pendleton Act OR Civil Service Commission
Nicknamed the "trust-buster", this person wanted to end bad trusts and regulate good ones
Theodore Roosevelt
This quote, "I aimed at the public's heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach," was said by this person
Upton Sinclair
Belief during the Gilded Age rooted in anti-immigrant attitudes
Nativism
A practice in which a political party, after winning an election, gives government jobs to its supporters and friends
Spoils System
Law that makes it so voters directly vote for U.S. senators
17th Amendment
This person refused to move from a "whites only" railcar, leading to a famous supreme court case about segregation
Founded by Alice Paul, this organization used radical and aggressive tactics to fight for women's suffrage
National Woman's Party (NWP)
This President wanted to end Radical Reconstruction and got elected by promising to pull troops out of the South
Rutherford B. Hayes