Progressivism- a collection of ideas and activities to fix/respond to problems in society

The Muckrakers- journalists who exposed abuses and corruptions in society

• Ida Tarbell- Standard Oil, and unfair business practices

• Jacob Riis- poverty, crime, disease, and poor housing in immigrant neighborhoods

• Lincoln Steffens- vote stealing and other political corruptions

• Upton Sinclair- “The Jungle,” exposed the meat industry

Suffrage- the right to vote

Alice Paul- founded and lead the National Women’s Party

16th Amendment- Income tax

17th Amendment- right to vote for senators

18th Amendment- prohibition, banning of transportation, making and consumption of Alcohol.

19th Amendment- Gave women the right to vote

Initiative- Citizens propose a measure or issue to voters or the legislators for approval

Referendum- letting voters accept or reject an idea proposed by the legislature

Recall- taking someone out of office before their time is up

Temperance movement- advocated that people stop or moderate their alcohol consumption

Child Labor: Solution: Minimum age /Max amount of hours a child could work, and the Children’s Bureau

Children’s Bureau- Investigated and publicized the problems of child labor, deals with issues such as child abuse prevention, foster care, and adoption.

Square Deal’ 3 C’s- Conservation, Consumer Protection, and Controlling Corporations

“Trust buster”- Someone who breaks up trusts, nickname for Roosevelt

Bureau of Corporations- Investigates corporations and trusts

Meat inspection Act- ensured sanitation and regulations in slaughter houses

Pure Food and Drug Act- labels ingredients, can’t lie about what something is

Gifford Pinchot- appointed head of forestry by Roosevelt, fired by Taft for insubordination

Payne-Aldrich Tariff- Made by Taft, hardly cut tariffs, and actually raised them on some goods.

Insubordination- disobedience to authority

1912 Election- Taft republican, Roosevelt progressive, Wilson Democrat, Wilson won

Graduated Income Tax- the % of a person’s income that is taxed

Limits of Progressivism- failed to address racial and religious discrimination

Niagara Movement- looking for racial equality

1908 Race Riots- Springfield Illinois, about 40 houses and businesses owned by black people were destroyed

NAACP- Fights for the rights of African Americans

Leo Frank- Jewish man tried for murder, innocent but lynched by a mob 2 years later

Lawyer Sigmund Livingston- Created the Anti- Defamation League to combat stereotypes and discrimination

Who were the Muckrakers and how did they change society? Provide examples. Journalists who exposed abuses and corruptions in society, Ida Tarbell- Standard Oil and unfair business practices, Upton Sinclair- “The Jungle,” exposed the meat industry, Jacob Riis- Immigrant neighborhoods, Lincoln Steffens- Political corruptions and vote stealing

Explain how Roosevelt and Taft dealt with trusts. Roosevelt let some trusts stay if the businesses agreed to not become monopolies, Taft went after all trusts.