Progressive people
Youngest president in US History elected at the age of 43 in 1901. Known for his military service during the Spanish-American War, progressive reforms, and being an outdoorsman.
Teddy Roosevelt
What was one possible reform that could solve the workers' rights issues happening in the early 1900's -- just give one possible example.
minimum wage, child labor laws, shortening the work day, safety measures like fire prevention, etc.
This was started by the Temperance movement and led to the 18th amendment and started due to several men staying out all night, spending too much money, sometimes men becoming abusive, and sometimes death.
Prohibition
Socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform. Several wrote investigative reports uncovering the ills of America in the early 1900s. Teddy Roosevelt gave these writers a nickname for their fascination with the ugliest side of things.
Muckrakers
Gave women the right to vote.
19th Amendment
He wrote The Jungle which exposed the filthy and unsanitary meat packing plants in Chicago. He said "I aimed for the public's heart and instead I hit them in the stomach."
Upton Sinclair
Influential muckracker who was a photographer for the New York Evening Sun and used his camera to expose crowded, unsafe, ratinfested tenement buildings where the urban poor lived.
Jacob Riis
This movement was started by women who wanted to improve family life by pushing for laws that could help mothers keep families healthy and safe. This movement helped lead to the prohibition of alcohol.
Temperance Movement
With industrialization, urbanization, and immigration, there were several new ideas that emerged about honest efficient government to bring social justice.
Progressivism
Published The Shame of the Cities which exposed corrupt political machines
Lincoln Steffens
This was an effort by progressives to teach immigrants to speak English, dress like white middle-class Americans, and replace the foods and customs of their homelands with Protestant practices and values.
Americanization
Which of the following laws were passed as a result of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?
The Pure Food & Drug Act /
Meat Inspection Act
What is the connection between the 18th and 21st Amendments?
The 18th Amendment established Prohibition, while the 21st Amendment repealed it
Jacob Riis wrote the book How the Other half Lives which illustrated the way many poor immigrants were living in apartments called ___________ .
Give at least 3 possible reasons that workers like the Pennsylvania coal miners went on strike
Poor pay, long hours, frequent layoffs, dangerous conditions
“Gang boss and peoples’ hero, like Prohibition, his image was a contradiction.” What does this quote mean?
Some people liked Al Capone while most didn't because he was dangerous.
Same thing with Prohibition many people like it early on, until they realized it was dangerous and caused more problems than it solved.
Factories were trying to foster efficiency by breaking down production into small repetitive tasks. This is know as...
Taylorism
A young suffragist who led the National Women's party and wanted to go straight to DC to picket for a national Suffrage Amendment. Her leadership helped make it happen in 1919.
Alice Paul
“I aimed for the public’s heart, and by accident I hit it in the stomach.” - Upton Sinclair .... what does it mean?
Upton Sinclair meant to tell people about poor working conditions in the meat-packing industry, but instead he influenced food safety reforms
A person who became rich through ruthless business practices was called a _________ ______. And give an example of a "ruthless business practice" one might use.
Robber Baron
Predatory pricing, paying workers low wages, horizontal integration
Trust Buster (broke up political machines)
Helped Strikers
Helped muckrakers
etc.
Most immigrants coming to America in the early 1900s came through ____________ and some immigrants may have been fleeing negative circumstances known as ____ factors.
Ellis Island ; Push