Progressivism Vocabulary
Who were muckrakers?
Journalists who advocated for people's rights in areas like:
Bettering of working conditions, hours and wages for workers.
Better living conditions in cities. For economic reform and social Darwinism and Lazziez-fiare government styles to be changed.
This man was a famous muckraker who wrote the novel titled "The Jungle" which shed light on the problems in the meat packing industry. Setting the Clean Food and Drug act into action.
Upton Sinclair
This Amendment gave women the right to vote.
19th
This is the process of people moving to cities in search of jobs, housing and opportunity.
Urbanization
Groups of people run by a rich group of people that bribed people to vote in or pass laws in their favor.
Political Machines
Buying or merging with businesses at different levels of production. ( you have to give an example)
Vertical Integration
She was one of the leading muckrakers of the Progressive Era of the late 19th and early 20th centuries and pioneered investigative journalism. She wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company exposing the monopoly of Standard Oil Company and influencing anti-trust acts.
Ida Tarbell
This amendment outlawed the sale, transport or production of Alcohol in America in efforts to reform family and society during the progressive Era.
18th
This " hands-off" government style allowed Big Business to industrialize northern states in America and increase our nations wealth.
Lazzies-Fiare
Random Question:
Mrs.Johnson's Favorite Candy is______. Hint: its chocolate...
Kitkat bar
Buying or merging with businesses at the same level of production. ( you have to give an example)
Horizontal Integration
This progressive president served as the 26th commander in Chief from 1901-1909. He was famous for passing laws that were in favor of the people.
Theodore Roosevelt
This amendment gave the people the right to elect senators locally, increasing the reach of democratic ideas to the common people.
17th
Muckrakers shed light on these problems with factories during the industrial age in America.
-Poor and dangerous conditions
-unreasonably low wages
-hiring discrimination towards women and immigrants
-child labor
-long hours with little or no breaks
This group of people were taken advantage of and controlled by political machines. They were bribed to vote a specific way in elections.
immigrants
The idea that people should not have a conscience about taking advantage of people in economy or in life because it's the survival of the fittest.
Social-Darwinism
Political machine Boss Famous for taking over New York City Government and taking everyone's money. He proceeded to milk the city through such devices as faked leases, padded bills, false vouchers, unnecessary repairs, and overpriced goods and services bought from suppliers controlled by the ring. Vote fraud at elections was rampant.
Boss Tweed
These amendments to the constitution are considered the reconstruction amendments.
13, 14 & 15
Industrialization in America led to these problems. ( you must name 2)
-overcrowding of cities
-poor sanitation in living and working conditions
-Monopolies
-Destruction of the landscape
This group of people could not vote in america until the early 1900s.
Women
Roosevelt reflected three basic goals: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. These three demands are often referred to as the "three Cs" of Roosevelt's _______.
The Square Deal.
This great businessman lived and operated before the anti-trust laws and led the expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century and became one of the richest Americans in history.
Andrew Carnegie
This amendment was influenced by the push for democracy world wide after WW1.
19th amendment
How did the transcontinental railroad impact or change life in America?
Mrs.Johnson chooses the more correct answer written on the whiteboard.
These people dominated local governments and controlled much of Urban life because they had large amounts of money and could pay to be elected.
Bis Businessmen