progressivism

Progressivism

A reform movement seeking to use the government to fix social, economic, and political problems.

Muckrakers

Investigative journalists who exposed corruption and social injustices.

The Square Deal

Theodore Roosevelt’s program focused on Conservation, Consumer protection, and Control of corporations.

The Jungle

Upton Sinclair’s novel that exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry.

Jane Addams

Founder of Hull House, which provided social services to the urban poor and immigrants.

Ida Tarbell

Muckraker who wrote about the unfair business practices of the Standard Oil Company.

Jacob Riis

Photographer of "How the Other Half Lives" who exposed tenement poverty.

Social Gospel

Movement preaching that religious faith should be expressed through social reform.

Suffrage

The legal right to vote, a major goal of the women's movement.

Alice Paul

Radical suffragist who used hunger strikes and picketing to win the 19th Amendment.

16th Amendment

Established a federal income tax.

17th Amendment

Provided for the direct election of U.S. Senators by the people.

18th Amendment

Prohibition; banned the manufacture and sale of alcohol.

19th Amendment

Granted women the right to vote (ratified in 1920).

Pure Food and Drug Act

Law requiring accurate labeling and banning impure food/medicine.

Meat Inspection Act

Law creating federal standards and inspections for meat processing.

Federal Reserve Act

Created the modern central banking system to regulate the money supply.

Clayton Antitrust Act

Law that strengthened anti-monopoly rules and protected labor unions.

Bull Moose Party

The Progressive Party formed by Theodore Roosevelt in the 1912 election.

Trust-busting

Government actions to break up monopolies to restore market competition.