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Progressive Era
Chapter 7
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| The Jungle | book write by Upton Sinclair which exposed the abuses of the meat packing industry |
| Jacob Riis | Wrote How the Other Half Lives, which included pictures of horrible life the immigrants lived in the tenements. |
| Ida. B Wells | organized a nation wide anti-lynching campaign, bringing to light the lack of justice for African-American citizens |
| Muckrakers | Group of investigative writers, and journalists that exposed abuses in industry and government |
| W.E.B. Du Bois | African- American Community Leader, founded the NAACP, felt the community should demand their right immediately |
| Jane Adams | created settlement houses for poor immigrants which helped to educated and provide basic necessities |
| Booker T. Washington | Felt African-Americans should seek rights and equality through education and job training, not by demanding rights |
| Progressive Movement | a major reform movement which sought to address the problems caused by urbanization and industrialization |
| 16th Amendment | creates a federal income tax |
| 17th Amendment | The people directly elect the National senators |
| Populist Party Platform | national income tax, unlimited coinage of silver, direct election of US senators |
| Social Gospel Movement | Sought to end social problems like poverty, alcoholism, child labor, wanted safer worker conditions |
| Recall | elected officials can be removed from office by the people |
| Referendum | Voters can compel legislators to put a bill on the ballot |
| Initiative | Voters could directly introduce a bill, and vote on passing it |
| Interstate Commerce Act | regulated railroad rates which helped farmers |
| President Wilson's New Freedom Program | sought to control business practices, promote greater competition, lower tariff rates |
| President Roosevelt's Square Deal Program | protect public health, break up trusts, conserve natural forests, parks and wildlife |
| Pure food and Drug Act | regulated the preparation of foods and the sale of medicine |
| Meat Inspection Act | provided government inspection of meat |
| Temperance Movement | social movement aimed at reducing or banning alcohol |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 1911 | led to 140 deaths of garment workers, and led safety regulations for workers |
| National Park Service | Federal agency which supervises national parks and monuments |
| Federal Reserve | Created a nation banking system to help stabilize the banking system |
| Bull Moose Party | Teddy Roosevelt's third party, progressive party in 1912 split the Republican Party |
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