Social Reforms
Housing set up by supporters of the social gospel
Settlement Houses
I was known as the first Progressive President
Theodore/Teddy Roosevelt
This reform allowed voters to remove an elected official from office
Recall
The Progressive Movement was primarily a response to problems created by:
Industrialization and urbanization
Reformers who want to improve society and American quality of life
Progressives
Progressive belief that following Bible teachings about charity and justice would lead society to become like “The Kingdom of God” … End child labor and long working hours
The Social Gospel
I believed in advancing African-American civil rights, through economic achievement and founded the Tuskegee Institute for vocational education
Booker. T Washington
This legislation gave women the right to vote
19th Amendment
Teddy's famous nickname referencing his numerous lawsuits on monopolies
The "Trustbuster"
Who is a muckraker?
A journalist that exposes corruption and abuses in both industry and government
If I believe that alcoholic beverages are bad what movement am I a part of?
Temperance Movement
This man was a leading conservationist and founder of the Sierra Club
John Muir
This legislation allowed finally for the direct election of US senators
17th Amendment
Because of long hours and dangerous working conditions for children, activist Florence Kelley founded this organization:
National Child Labor Committee
Novel written by Upton Sinclair about the meat industry
"The Jungle"
These two organizations helped provide social services to the Urban poor (ex: Job training, libraries, soup kitchens)
The YMCA and the Salvation Army
This reformer created the Hull House, a settlement house in Chicago which provided economic opportunities and social services to the urban poor
Jane Addams
This 1916 law effectively banned child labor in the U.S.
Keating-Owen Act
Outrage over the Jungle led to the passage of what legislation?
The Pure Food and Drug Act; The Meat Inspection Act
After the decline in child labor during the Progressive Era, laws were passed to make ______________ ory?
Public School mandatory; public school attendance compulsory
Leading group that lobbied for prohibition and women's suffrage legislation in the US
What is WCTU (Women's Christian Temperance Union)
This leader demanded immediate political and civil rights for African-Americans
W.E.B. Du Bois
Daily Double: Name at least 3 examples of Anti-trust legislation during the Progressive Era
Sherman Antitrust Act, Clayton Antitrust Act, and the Federal Trade Commission Act
What was the cause of the Conservation movement during the Progressive Era?
The destruction of natural resources/protecting our natural resources
1902 labor dispute in which Teddy Roosevelt threatened to seize mines and pressured managers into legal settlement, marking the first time a president sided with workers over management
Coal Strike of 1902