Legislation
What is the 19th Amendment?
Women's Right to Vote
Mr. Dougherty's favorite name in U.S. History
Samuel Gompers
Started as a temperance movement group, but later wanted women's right to vote, drivers license, increase sexual age of consent, divorce rights, and much more.
WCTU
What characteristics made up the Progressive Era Reformers
White
College Educated
Middle to Upper Class
Who did the farmers blame for their tough times?
Middle Men (elevators, bankers, trains)
What is the 18th Amendment?
Prohibition
Famous leader of the settlement house movement and her Hull House
Jane Adams
Movement of creating inner city social welfare agencies
Settlement House Movement
Why were most Progressive leaders in positions such as journalists, educators, politicians, clergy, etc.
Exposure and Influence
The progressive Era was what to the Gilded Age? Cause and Effect
Problems and Solutions
What is the 17th Amendment?
Popular Election of Senators
Wrote "The Jungle"
Upton Sinclaire
Labor Union that was more restrictive. (skilled workers and white males)
AFL
What is one of the common beliefs among Progressive Era Reformers to fix issues of sanitation, crime, housing, etc.
Government regulation
growth of professionalization
Social responsibility
What was the greatest impact of the election of 1912?
Major political parties completely flip views
The first federal act that outlawed monopolistic business practices.
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Authors and Journalists known for being watchdog journalists and calling out issues of the nation.
Muckrakers
Name two of the major labor strikes of the Gilded Age/Progressive Age
Homestead Strike
Pullman Strike
Haymarket Riot
When the people push for the removal of someone out of office, before re-election. A check by the people
Recall
What ultimately ends the Progressive Era?
WWI
What is the 16th Amendment?
Federal Income Tax
The Three Progressive Era Presidents
Roosevelt
Taft
Wilson
Labor Unions that allowed both skilled and unskilled laborers as well as whites, blacks, men, and women.
When the people vote against legislation that is in place to void a law.
Referendum
A piece of legislation that comes from the people. Gives voice to those who aren't fairly represented in congress.
Initiative