Key Progressive Era Reforms and Leaders

Vocabulary flashcards covering key Progressive Era reforms, amendments, muckrakers, and social leaders.

16th Amendment

Constitutional amendment that established the income tax.

Jane Addams

Progressive leader who founded Hull House.

Meat Inspection Act

Reform law that inspected meat & slaughterhouses.

W. E. B. Du Bois

Civil rights leader associated with the NAACP & civil rights.

18th Amendment

Constitutional amendment that enacted Prohibition.

Ida B. Tarbel l

Muckraker who exposed Standard Oil.

Square Deal

President Roosevelt's fairness program.

19th Amendment

Constitutional amendment passed in 1920 granting women's right to vote.

Muckrakers

Journalists and writers who exposed corruption & social problems.

Booker T. Washington

Progressive educator who advocated for vocational education.

Pure Food & Drug Act

Legislation designed to ensure food & medicine safety.

The Jungle

Book that exposed unsafe meatpacking practices.

17th Amendment

Constitutional amendment providing for the direct election of senators.

Teddy Rosevelt

President known as a trustbuster and for creating the Square Deal.

NAACP

Organizer and civil rights group to help African Americans advance.