Lecture Notes on Feminism and Progressivism

Flashcards on Feminism, Progressivism, and related topics.

Feminism

The advocacy of women's rights on the basis of the equality of the sexes.

Political Machines

Gained control of city governments by providing services to the urban poor, especially immigrants, in exchange for political loyalty.

Progressives

Argued for reforms, including increased government openness, responsiveness, and efficiency, as well as an end to political corruption.

Fordism

Making society more efficient through mass consumption and mass manufacturing.

Oregon System

Empowering the people to propose new laws or change the Constitution of Oregon through a general election ballot measure (direct elections).

Settlement Houses

Houses built for people in poorer communities.

New Feminism

Demand for greater liberty, free sexual expression and reproductive autonomy.

Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)

A radical union in Chicago that wanted to include everyone excluded from the AFL.

Socialist Party

Political party demanding public ownership of major economic enterprises in the United States as well as reforms like recognition of labor unions and woman suffrage; reached peak of influence in 1912.

Progressivism

A political philosophy and social reform movement focused on advancing the public good through government action.

Pure Food and Drug Act

Passed in 1906, the first law to regulate manufacturing of food and medicines; prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling.

Underwood Tariff

“Use hamiltonian means to create jeffersonian freedoms”