The Progressive Era

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3 goals of Progressivism

1. Protect social welfare

2. Create economic reform

3. Political reform of government

Muckracker

Reporters and writers who exposed government corruption and the abuses of big businesses

Suffrage

The right to vote

Social Gospel

Religious movement to help immigrations and poor urban population

Temperance

Moderation in drinking alcohol

4 Amendments during the Progressive Era

1. 16th (1913)

2. 17th (1913)

3. 18th (1919)

4. 19th (1920)

Initiative

Procedure by which citizens can propose a law to be placed on a ballot

Referendum

A vote on an initiative

Recall

Procedure by which a public official may be removed from office by popular vote

Photographs of _____ _____ helped expose the poor living conditions of the inner city

Jacob Riis

Trustbuster

Term used to describe Roosevelt's attempt to reform big business by breaking up trusts.

Conservation

The preservation of wilderness areas.

Meat Inspection Act

Regulation of the preparation of foods and the sale of medicines.

Square Deal

focused on regulating big business and helping consumers receive fair and honest treatment.

Bull Moose Party

Roosevelt's political party in the election of 1912.

Roosevelt ran as a third-party candidate which helped take away votes and help Democrat Woodrow Wilson win the election

Susan B. Anthony

Leader of the women's suffrage (right to vote) movement.

W.E.B. Du Bois

Early civil rights leader and founder of the NAACP. Du Bois demanded equality for African Americans.

Upton Sinclair

Author of The Jungle, a book that describes the terrible conditions of meat-packing plants and the struggles the immigrants faced. Led to the Meat Inspection Act and Pure Food and Drug Act.

Woodrow Wilson

The last President of the Progressive Era.

Wilson passed the Clayton Antitrust Act which continued to crack down on monopolies. \

Reformed banking system with the Federal Reserve Act which can loan money to private banks and help stabilize the banking system.

Helped create the National Park System to manage and protect natural resources.

Ida B. Wells

documented lynching in the United States, showing how it was often a way to control or punish blacks who competed with whites.