Social Issues
Name 1 goal of the Progressive Era
1 - reduce political corruption
2 - Limit Monopolies/Trusts
3 - Moral Reform
4 - End Child Labor / Fix working/living conditions
5 - Women's Suffrage
Right to vote
What Amendment starts prohibition
18th Amendment
Who were the 3 Progressive Presidents
1 T. Roosevelt
2. W. Taft
3. W. Wilson
Journalists and writers who exposed corruption, social injustices, and abuses in politics and business, often through investigative reporting.
Muckraker
The Jungle addressed what aspect of the Progressive Era?
The Meatpacking Industry - Food Health&Sanitation
What Amendment gave Womens Suffrage
19th Amendment
What Amendment ends Prohibition
21st Amendment
Which president was Roosevelts Successor?
William Howard Taft
A nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages, enforced by the 18th Amendment
Prohibition
How did Settlement Houses support poor immigrants?
Taught English to immigrants and provided education, childcare, and healthcare
Who is Jane Adams?
Human Rights Activist who created Hull House
What Prohibitionist was considered a radicalist for using a hatchet?
Carrie Nation
What president established Nature Conservation and the American National Parks system?
T. Roosevelt
A movement within Protestant Christianity that emphasized the responsibility of Christians to engage in social reform and improve societal conditions.
Social Gospel
Name 1 prominent Muckracker
- Upton Sinclair
- Jacob Riis
- Ida Tarbell
Name a prominent Women's Rights Activist of the time period
1. Alice Paul
2. Susan B Anthony
3. Jane Addams
4. Ida B Wells
5. Elizabeth Cady Stanton
What president passed the 18th Amendment
Woodrow Wilson
What President passed the most progressive amendments to the constitution
W. Wilson
Laws and regulations designed to promote competition and prevent monopolies, with significant legislation like the Sherman Antitrust Act (1890) being enacted.
Antitrust
What factory tragedy occurred causing the death of 146 deaths and a push for better working conditions
The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
Who were the Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Group of women who fought for prohibition
This famous gangster was heavily involved in the illegal alcohol trade during Prohibition, operating primarily in Chicago.
Al Capone
Under this president, the Sherman Antitrust Act was vigorously enforced against monopolies, including Standard Oil.
T Roosevelt
A party organization that recruits its members by the use of tangible incentives—money, political jobs
Political Machine