History Quiz Vocab:

Tenements

: cheap, high- rise apartment buildings that housed handfuls of families, one on top of another; quick construction= poorly done, bad quality, unsafe.

Woodrow Wilson

: an arguably more conservative Democrat that was elected in 1912, after the splurt in the Republican party between Roosevelt and Taft,

Tenements

: cheap, high- rise apartment buildings that housed handfuls of families, one on top of another; quick construction= poorly done, bad quality, unsafe.

Woodrow Wilson

: an arguably more conservative Democrat that was elected in 1912, after the splurt in the Republican party between Roosevelt and Taft,

NAACP

: The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; founded in 1910 by progressive whites and blacks.

Hepburn Act

: gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to regulate railroad rates.

Margaret Sanger

: woman sen such as her played an important part in the birth control movement.

Lynchings

: hangings that terrorized Southern blacks.

Progressive Era

: The period beginning in the late 1890s and ending in 1920.

Cycle of Urbanization

: an intense process that repeated itself in many places.

Slums

: a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people, caused by sudden immigration.

Monopolies

: a business completely controlling one product o marketplace; a feature of industrialism and capitalism of the late nineteenth century was the consolidation of important businesses (steel, railroads, and oil) into the hands of a few high .

Amendment

16th : ratified in 1913, it gave Congress the power to impose an income tax, thus providing an important tool that would be used later on to expand the role and size of the federal government.

Temperance Movement

: to prohibit alcohol consumption, started during the 1830s, but only succeeded in the Progressive Era (similar to womans suffrage)

Motion Picture Industry

: arts and leisure grew during the progressive era, leading to the development of the .

Pure Food

and Drug Act: first law regulating other food and drugs, putting safety caps on pill bottles, etc,

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

: In 1911, a fire in NY at the company focused national attention to work conditions, which led to the growth of organized labor (unions)

Meat Inspection Act

: during Roosevelts second term (1905- 1909): fixed some issues with the production of unsafe meat (Upton Sinclair, muckraking journalist wrote about the issue in the famous book, The Jungle)

Birth Control Movement

: started during Progressive Era, women called for easy access to contraceptives so that women could control their reproduction.

assassination of William McKinley

Theodore Roosevelt: became president in 1901 after the , was more ambivalent (mixed feelings) about trusts (progressive movement divided over the issue of trusts)

Socialist

: most reformers of the professional class became more radical in their ideas, which led to becoming a political force in the US.

Populist Party

: the income tax had been a goal of a third party that had been formed years before in the Progressive Era.

Progressive Era

The period beginning in the late 1890s and ending in 1920

Several significant social, economic, and political reforms took place, mainly in reaction to the rapid (and largely uncontrolled) industrialization and urbanization that occurred in the IS after the Civil War

especially during the gilded age

Lynchings

hangings that terrorized Southern blacks

NAACP

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; founded in 1910 by progressive whites and blacks

Motion Picture Industry

arts and leisure grew during the progressive era, leading to the development of the Motion Picture Industry

Birth of a Nation

This 1915 movie was widely considered the first American "blockbuster"

Professional Class

an important element of progressivism was the rise of this class

Socialist

most reformers of the professional class became more radical in their ideas, which led to socialism becoming a political force in the US

monopolies

a business completely controlling one product o marketplace; a feature of industrialism and capitalism of the late nineteenth century was the consolidation of important businesses (steel, railroads, and oil) into the hands of a few high monopolies

Theodore Roosevelt

became president in 1901 after the assassination of William McKinley, was more ambivalent (mixed feelings) about trusts (progressive movement divided over the issue of trusts)

Sherman Antitrust Act (1890)

Northern Securities was in violation, so the Supreme Court agreed with Roosevelt, and the company was broken up, This led t Roosevelt to pursue other trusts with mixed results

Pure Food and Drug Act

first law regulating other food and drugs, putting safety caps on pill bottles, etc,

Hepburn Act

gave the Interstate Commerce Commission the power to regulate railroad rates

Triangle Shirtwaist Company

In 1911, a fire in NY at the company focused national attention to work conditions, which led to the growth of organized labor ( unions)

Woodrow Wilson

an arguably more conservative Democrat that was elected in 1912, after the splurt in the Republican party between Roosevelt and Taft,

16th Amendment

ratified in 1913, it gave Congress the power to impose an income tax, thus providing an important tool that would be used later on to expand the role and size of the federal government

Populist Party

the income tax had been a goal of a third party that had been formed years before in the Progressive Era

17th Amendment

provided for the direct election of US Senators, who under the original Constitution were appointed by State legislatures rather than chosen directly by the people

Womans Suffrage

a movement that started during the 1830s and 1840s and finally had success in 1920

19th Amendment

this amendment gave women the right to vote, This led to more women entering the workforce and having a more active role in their communities

Birth Control Movement

started during Progressive Era, women called for easy access to contraceptives so that women could control their reproduction

Margaret Sanger

woman sen such as her played an important part in the birth control movement

Temperance Movement

to prohibit alcohol consumption, started during the 1830s, but only succeeded in the Progressive Era (similar to womans suffrage)

18th Amendment

adopted in 1919 and banned the sale of liquor in the US after 1920

21st Amendment

the 18th Amendment was repealed(formally revoked or ended) in 1933, by its Amendment, This was after the Progressive Era ended

20th Amendment

between the previously listed amendments, this amendment allowed a President-elect to take office on January 20th following the November election

The Gilded Age

defined as a period of fabulous wealth in the late 1800s, but it was also a period o widespread poverty

Cycle of Urbanization

an intense process that repeated itself in many places

Tenements

cheap, high-rise apartment buildings that housed handfuls of families, one on top of another; quick construction = poorly done, bad quality, unsafe

Slums

a squalid and overcrowded urban street or district inhabited by very poor people, caused by sudden immigration