Progressivism Review

Suffrage

The use of lobbying, protesting, and civil disobedience in order for women to win the right to vote. The movement began in the 1840s and ended in the 1920s.

Trust-Busting

Attempted to promote fair competition between corporations, kept one big company from gaining power over the others. Used antitrust acts and antitrust lawsuits to shift away from laissez-fair and keep the economy healthy.

Theodorer Roosevelt

Teddy Roosevelt expanded executive power, empowered conservation efforts, worked on trust-busting, and mediated international conflicts. He also enacted consumer protection laws. The main president during the progressive era.

Florence Kelley

Highly regarded as a social and political reformer focused on wage abolitionism. She advocated for minimum wage laws and children’s rights, going against sweatshops in the United States.

Jane Addams

Founder of Hull House, a settlement house that provided services for impoverished immigrants.

Settlement Houses

Community centers in poor urban areas dedicated to providing healthcare, education, and social services to those in need.

Prohibition

A movement in the early 19th century that advocated for a law against alcohol.

Carrie Nation

A famous prohibitionist who smashed saloons with a hammer as a protest against alcohol.

Alice Paul

An suffragist who fought for women’s enfranchisement through lobbying, protests, and hunger strikes. Founder of the NWP.

19th Amendment

The amendment that gave women the right to vote in 1920.

Muckrackers

A group of journalists who exposed corruption, social injustice, and corporate wrongdoings.

Upton Sinclar

Author of The Jungle, which exposed the horrific conditions of the meatpacking industry.

Meat Inspection Act

A law that declared that meat must be inspected before reaching the market.

Square Deal

The 3 C’s: Controlling corporations, consumer protection, and conservation of natural resources.

Jacob Riis

Author of How the Other Half Lives, exposing the horrific living conditions of those on the lower East Side.

National Parks

Created as part of the square deal in order to conserve nature.

Anti-Saloon League

A political group that lobbied for prohibition in the 1910s.

17th Amendment

Direct Election of Senators

18th Amendment

Prohibited Sale/Production of Alchohol

Bull Moose Party

A third party that Theodore Roosevelt founded before he was elected as a republican candidate.