Progressive Era
What is the Progressive Belief?
Belief that the government should help fix problems
What are Muckrakers?
Journalists who published articles to Congress
What did the AWSA focus on?
State by state campaigns
When was Booker T. Washington born?
1856
Where did DuBois earn his PhD?
Who were the main / leading reformers
Middle class women
Who wrote about cutthroat business practices regarding John Rockefeller's rise.
Ida Tarbell
What did the NWSA push for?
A Federal Amendment
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When did DuBois co-found the Niagara Movement?
1905
Which philosopher, and his followers, came to believe that a government who takes action can help improve society.
William James
Who was one of the Muckrakers to reveal how City officials and businesses exploited the public?
Lincoln Steffens
Who staged protests and mock voting?
Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Where was the Tuskegee Institute?
In Alabama
What did the Niagara Movement call for?
An end to discrimination
How many amendments were created during the Progressive Era?
Four
What Acts came after unsafe working conditions and meat contamination was revealed in the food industry?
Pure Food and Drug Act & the Meat Inspection Act
Under who did NAWSA win key states?
Carrie Chapman Catt
What did Washington advocate for?
Prioritizing vocational skills over immediate equality.
What was different about DuBois' approach compared to Washington's?
DuBois wanted immediate political and social equity.
What did the Progressives believe that the people and government had the power to do
To correct abuses produced by nature and the free market.
What were the articles Muckrakers wrote addressing?
Abuses in society
When was the ratification of the 19th Amendment?
1920
What was the book George Washington Carver published called?
Up From Slavery
Where did DuBois move to in 1961?
Ghana