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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
