Progressive Era Urban Reforms and Prohibition

Vocabulary terms covering key Progressive Era reforms, including settlement houses, tenement housing legislation, the temperance movement, and constitutional amendments.

Jane Addams

The founder of Hull House in Chicago who provided poor people and immigrants with classes, childcare, and healthcare, establishing the model for modern community centers.

Hull House

A settlement house founded in Chicago by Jane Addams to provide classes, childcare, and healthcare to immigrants and poor individuals.

Tenement Housing Act (1901)

A New York law requiring dark, crowded apartment buildings to install windows, fire safety features, and indoor toilets to prevent the spread of illness.

Prohibitionists

Groups, such as the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, that attributed violence and poverty to alcohol and successfully campaigned for the passage of the 18th Amendment.

18th Amendment

A constitutional amendment that banned alcohol, which unintentionally spurred illegal gang crime and was subsequently repealed by the 21st Amendment.

21st Amendment

The constitutional amendment that canceled the 18th Amendment, ending the national ban on alcohol.

Progressives

Reformers who believed that improving urban living conditions—including housing, local municipal services, and personal habits—would inherently improve individuals' lives.