APUSH - Ch18: The Progressive Era, 1900-1916 Key Terms

Progressivism

Broad based reform movement (1900-1917) that sought governmental action in solving problems in many areas of American life, including education, public health, economy, the environment, labor, transportation, and politics

Muckraking

Writing that exposed corruption and abuses in politics, business, meatpacking, child labor, and more, primarily in the first decade of the 20th century

Ellis Island

Reception center in NY harbor through which most European immigrants to America were processed from 1894 to 1954

Fordism

Early 20th century term describing the economic system pioneered by Ford Motor Company based on high wages and mass consumption

“American Standard of Living”

The progressive-era idea that American workers were entitled to a wage high enough to allow them full participation in the nations mass consumption economy

Scientific Management

Management campaign to improve worker efficiency using measurements like “time and motion” studies to achieve greater productivity; introduced by Fredrick Winslow Taylor in 1911

Socialist Party

Political party demanding public ownership of major economic enterprises in the US as well as reforms like recognition of labor unions and woman suffrage; reached peak influence in 1912 when presidential candidate Eugene V. Debs received over 900,000 votes

Collective Bargaining

The process of negotiations between an employer and a group of employees to regulate working conditions