progressive era vocab

progressive movement

effort in the early 1900s in which reformers tried to find solutions for political problems

organized labor

workers who join together to protect and further their rights and interests

prohibition

the banning of the manufacture, sale and transportation of alcohol

temperance movement

a social reform effort begun in the mid-1800s to encourage people to limit their alcohol consumption

suffrage movement

effort to obtain the right to vote for women

eighteenth (18th) amendment

constitutional amendment that outlawed the production, sale, and transportation of alcoholic beverages in the United States; repealed in 1933

nineteenth (19th) amendment

constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote