Progressives
White Protestants College Educated Professionals located in Big Cities(Urban), Fighting for Political, Economic, Social, and Conservation
Who are Progressives?
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Created in 1909
What is NAACP?
Progressives wanted to make elections fair and for the people so they pass
What is Political Reform?
Humans impact on nature
What is Conservation?
Investigative journalists that exposed corruption and problems in society
Who are Muckrakers?
Supreme Court Case in Louisiana that created the “Separate but Equal”
What is Plessy Vs. Ferguson?
You vote in privacy and nobody knows who you vote for
What is Secret Ballot?
Created National Forest Service; 5 new National Parks, 18 U.S. national monuments, 51 bird reserves, 4 game preserves, and 150 national forests
Who is Teddy Roosevelt?
Focuses on exposing the ruthless tactics of the Standard Oil Company and wrote the "History of Standard Oil Company“
Who is Ida Tarbell?
Founder of the NAACP and believed that African Americans needed to become more involved in Politics and make action now rather than later.
Who is W.E.B. Dubois?
Citizens can put a proposed law on the ballot for the public to vote for or against
What is Initiatives?
1.) Business should be able to do what they want on public land
2.) Environmentalist believe that humans are intruders on nature
3.) Conservationists believe that nature could be used responsibly but also can be protected
What is 3 schools of thought on conservation?
Wrote a book “The Jungle” (1906), about dangerous working conditions and unsanitary procedures in the meat-packing industry.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
Founded the Tuskegee Institute and believed that African Americans should focus on education and jobs and make progress slowly instead on radical change now.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Citizens can vote for laws and decided if they stay or go
What is Referendum?
First National Park created in 1872
What is Yellowstone?
Wrote a book “How the Other Half Lives” about the poor and impoverished that many did not see because they were located on the other side of NYC
Part of several movements, Women's Rights and Black Rights
Through investigative journalism she exposed horrors in the South about Lynching.
Who is Ida B. Wells?
Citizens can remove an elected official from office with another election
What is Recall?
Conservation of the nation's resources, putting an end to wasteful uses of raw materials, and the reclamation of large areas of neglected land
What is Roosevelt's Presidency?