Reform Movements in the Gilded Age

Flashcards covering key vocabulary and figures associated with reform movements during the Gilded Age, including those related to capitalism, women's suffrage, and temperance.

Laissez-faire capitalism

The economic reality where the American government intervened very rarely in the economic operations of businesses, allowing them to flourish with few regulations.

Henry George

A politician and economist who advocated for a single tax on land to redistribute wealth from landowners to the working class.

Edward Bellamy

An author who wrote "Looking Backward," a utopian novel depicting America transformed into a socialist utopia.

Socialism

An ideology advocating that the means of production should be owned and regulated by the community to benefit everyone more or less equally.

Eugene V. Debs

A union leader who helped start the Socialist Party of America in 1901 and ran for president on the party's ticket.

Social Gospel

The belief that Christian principles should be applied to cure the ills of society, with advocates crusading for social justice for the urban poor.

National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA)

Founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony in 1890, this association worked to secure the right to vote for women.

Temperance

The fight against the consumption of alcohol, a cause taken up by women during the Gilded Age.

Women’s Christian Temperance Union

An organization formed in 1874, crusading for total abstinence from alcohol.

Carrie Nation

A radical temperance advocate known for using a hatchet to destroy liquor barrels in saloons.