Progressive Era Flashcards

Industrial revolution

A period of rapid industrial growth, using machines and factories in the 1800s

gilded age

Time of great wealth for some poverty for others in the late 1800s

progressive era

reform movement to fix problems caused by industrialization and corruption

President Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive president who fought for reforms, trust, busting, and conservation

The Jungle and Upton Sinclair

The book expos on safe meat backing conditions leading to food safety laws

Muckrakers

journalist who expose corruption and social problems

Labor Unions

groups of workers fighting for better pay and working conditions

Monopolies

companies that completely control industry who limit competition

Tenements

crowded unsafe apartment buildings for poor city workers

Capitalism

an economic system where businesses are privately owned for profit

socialism/communism

Systems where the government or community controls production and wealth

Child Labor

overworking children and factories and mines during industrialization

19th amendment

Gave women suffrage in 1920

Immigration to America

movement of people to the US for jobs and better lives

Karl Marx

philosopher, who started ideas of communism and class struggle

Adam Smith

economist who supported capitalism and the free market

Industrial Revolution Inventions

growth of machines factories and new inventions

Assembly Line

factory method that speeds production by having workers do one task each

Cotton Gin

Machine that quickly separates cotton fibers from seeds

Urbanization

growth of cities as people move there for factory jobs

Federal

refers to the national government of the United States

Administration

The management or group of people running the government