Race
The most influential spokesman for Black Americans between 1895 and 1915.
Who is Booker T. Washington
She said "Raise less corn and more hell."
Who is Mary Elizabeth Lease?
1894, over 4,000 workers go on strike at the Pullman Palace Car Company in response to layoffs, wage cuts and firings
What was the Pullman Strike?
1898, the main cause of this war was to “aid” in the fight for Cuba’s independence.
This novel refelcted the polictical aftermath of the 1896 election.
What is the Wonderful World of Oz?
1896, 8-1 ruling in favor of the city of New Orleans, arguing that segregated public facilities don’t violate the law if they provide “sperate but equal” access.
What was Plessy v Ferguson?
She was a progressive social reformer and activist. First woman to receive the Nobel peace prize in 1931.
Who is Jane Addams?
Also knowns as the Peoples Party, hosted the Ohama convention of 1892 where they advocated for farmers and their needs for things like federally funded storage, government loans to farmers, the silver standard, direct election of senators, private ballot voting, etc.
What are populists?
An organization formed in 1898 to fight the Treaty of Paris ending the Spanish-American war and opposing acquiring overseas colonies
What was the American Anti-Imperialist League?
The system of mass production or the typical postwar mode of economic growth
What is Fordism?
She wroke a book titled Women in Economics that expressed ideals that a women’s freedom in within the workplace, and housewives were “unproductive parasites” and were nothing more than servants to their husbands and children.
Who is Charolette Perkins Gilman?
An American journalist, well known for her work in exposing the illegal practices behind the Standard Oil Company.
Who was Ida Tarbell?
1892, one of the most violent strikes in US history, a labor dispute between the Carnegie Steel company and many of its workers. 16 were killed.
1901, a series of opinions by the Supreme Court regarding what territories were acquired by the US after the Spanish-American war
What were the Insular Cases?
The amendment that allowed voters to cast direct votes for US senators
What is the 17th Amendment?
By 1900, there were more than ______ college educated women within the U.S.
80,000
During the progressive era, _____ immigrants entered the United States in hopes of freedom and economic opportunity
13 Million
An act passed by congress in 1914, defines unethical business practice, such as price fixing, monopolies, an upholds on various rights of labor.
What is the Clayton Act?
Passed the same day as the food and drug act, ensuring sanitary slaughtering and process of livestock to prevent the sale of adulterated meat products.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
journalist who sought to expose corruption in big business and government during the progressive era
What is a muckraker?
An organization/ union that provided resources and support to trade and craft workers.
What is the AFL (American Federation of Labor)?
In 1906, this act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs within the US. Created the foundation for the FDA
What is the Food and Drug Act?