AP Test Progressive Era

Progressivism

Definition

Origins

Promoters

Goals (according to historians)

Progressivism

Definition: Reform efforts which aimed to return control of the government to the people, restore economic opportunities, and correct injustices in American life.

Origins: The Gilded Age

Promoters: Farmers, Workers, Urban middle class, Writers, Political Leaders, American Playgrounds Association.

Goals (according to historians): social welfare, moral improvement, economic reform, fostering efficiency

muckrakers

definition

examples

muckrakers

definition: Investigative Journalist who exposed scandal/or injustice

examples: Jacob Riis, Lincoln Steffens, Ida M. Tarbell.

Prohibition

problems with alcohol consumption

temperance vs. prohibition

Anti-Saloon League

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

(WCTU)

18th Amendment (1919)

Volstead Act (1919)

problems with alcohol consumption: Health, Social/ Political problems

temperance vs. prohibition: Temperance = Reduce or moderate alcohol Prohibition = Completely outlaw the production, sale, and consumption of alcohol.

Anti-Saloon League: Political organization advocating for Prohibition

Women’s Christian Temperance Union: Social reform organization for Temperance (mainly because domestic violence from alcoholic husbands) + Religious beliefs

18th Amendment (1919): An Amendment that made making the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages illegal in the United States.

Volstead Act (1919): a piece of legislation passed in 1919 to define and enforce the provisions of the 18th Amendment, which prohibited the manufacture, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States

Morality

movies, prostitution, drugs

immigration reform (literacy tests)

eugenics

government role in social coercion?

Morality

movies, prostitution, drugs : Movies massive source of entertainment, Drugs mainly cocaine and opium.

immigration reform (literacy tests): A way to screen out immigrants who were believed to be less educated or capable of adjusting to American society.(Nativists came up w the idea ofc).

eugenics: A scientific movement that was based on the belief that certain traits, such as intelligence, health, and morality, were hereditary, and that society could be improved by encouraging people with "desirable" traits to reproduce while discouraging those with "undesirable" traits.