Bull Moose Party
Nickname of the Progressive Party
Because they had been denied certain professions
Why did women become active in reform movements?
Progressives
reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and improve the way grovernment works
Political machines
A powerful organization that influenced city and county politics in the late 1800s
Muckrakers
journalists who exposed the corruption, scandal, and filth of society
Seventeenth Amendment
a law letting Americans vote directly for U.S. senators
recall
a vote to remove an official before the end of his or her term
Initiative
procedure allowing voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures or petition
Referendum
procedure permitting voters to approve or reject a law
Robert M. La Follette
Wisconsin governor whose progressive reforms became a model for other states
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
a factory fire that killed 146 workers trapped in the building; led to new safety standard laws
worker's compensation laws
guarantee a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job; first passed in 1902 in Maryland
Capitalism
economic system in which private businesses run most industries and
competition determines how much goods cost
Socialism
system in which government owns an operates a country's industry
William "Big Bill" Haywood
union leader of the Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Workers of the World
labor union founded in 1905 on socialist beliefs
Eighteenth Amendment
amendment banning production and sale of alcoholic drinks
National American Woman Suffrage Association
group that worked for women's voting rights, founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Alice Paul
founder of a women's suffrage group that became the National Woman's Party
Nineteenth Amendment
amendment giving women the right to vote
Booker T. Washington
African American educator who encouraged other African American's to improve their own lives rather than fight discrimination
Ida B. Wells
African American journalist who publicized lynchings in her newspaper
W.E.B. DuBois
African American reformer who publicized cases of racial prejudice
Theodore Roosevelt
vice-president who became president upon McKinley's death
National Association for Advancement of Colored People
civil rights organization that works for racial equality by using the courts
Pure Food and Drug Act
law stopping the manufacture, sale, or transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
Conservation
Protection of nature and its resources
William Howard Taft
president elected in 1908
Progressive Party
nicknamed the Bull Moose Party; formed so Roosevelt could run for
president in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic president who worked to regulate tariffs, banking, and buisness
Sixteenth amendment
amendment that allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on people's incomes
William Marcy Tweed
lead Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine
problem solving skills and memorize facts
John dewy believed that students should learn ________ and not just _________
They Pushed for laws requiring all children to attend school and started kindergarten programs
How did progressives improve education?
Carry Nation
A prohibitionist who became famous for using a hatchet to smash liquor bottles in saloons
New York State Tenement House Act
every apartment must have an outdoor facing window, an open courtyard, indoor plumbing, fire escapes; was a result of housing reformers
Regulating big buisnesses
What did President Roosevelt make a top goal of administration?
Tariff revision and banking reform
Woodrow Wilson pushed for what two measures after taking office?
Upton Sinclair
Exposed unsanitary practices in the meat packaging industry in his novel "The Jungle
Native Americans, Chinese, Mexican immigrants, women, etc.
Name some minorities left behind in the Progressive movement
Native Americans
Were largely overlooked by Progressive movement and forced to assimilate to white American culture, adapting new culture, religion, and language
The Square Deal
Policy that believed that the interests of buisness people, laborers, and consumers should be balanced for the public good
Federal Reserve Act
law that created the modern banking system and makes sure money is distributed where it is most needed; created a more flexible currency system by allowing consumer banks to have more control over the money supply
monopolies
Roosevelt used The Square Deal to break up large ______________
Temperance Movement
a campaign, led mainly by women, against the sale or consumption (drinking) of alcohol.
Paid voters to vote for them, stuffed ballot boxes, bribed vote coutures, and hired "repeaters
Name ways that political machines unfairly caused election fraud
Tammany Hall
Located in NYC; One of the most notorious political machines; led by William Marcy Tweed
Pendleton Civil Service Act
law requiring people to take a civil service exam for certain government jobs
President James A. Garfield
Attempted reforms; was shot by federal job seeker; died from wounds
Joseph McCormack
Leader of the American Medical Association
American Medical Association (AMA)
Supported laws designed to protect public health and showed how Progressives could organize to help improve society
Wisconsin Idea
Package of reform ideas advocated by LaFollette that included Initiative, Recall, Referendum; became a model for progressive reforms in other states
Marie Van Vorst
investigated child labor by taking jobs in factories around the country (idk if this is on the test but whatever)
Lochner vs. New York
Supreme Court ruled that states could not restrict the rights of employers and workers to enter into any type of labor agreement
It only allowed skilled workers
What made the American Federation of Labor (AFL) different from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
He signed tariffs that reduced some rates on imported goods but raised others and he did not act strongly enough to regulate big business
How did William Howard Taft anger progressives?
improved education, housing, and sanitation
What changes did Progressives make to city life?
Bull Moose Party
Nickname of the Progressive Party
Because they had been denied certain professions
Why did women become active in reform movements?
Progressives
reformers who worked to stop unfair practices by businesses and improve the way grovernment works
Political machines
A powerful organization that influenced city and county politics in the late 1800s
Muckrakers
journalists who exposed the corruption, scandal, and filth of society
Seventeenth Amendment
a law letting Americans vote directly for U.S. senators
recall
a vote to remove an official before the end of his or her term
Initiative
procedure allowing voters to propose a new law by collecting signatures or petition
Referendum
procedure permitting voters to approve or reject a law
Robert M. La Follette
Wisconsin governor whose progressive reforms became a model for other states
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
a factory fire that killed 146 workers trapped in the building; led to new safety standard laws
worker's compensation laws
guarantee a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job; first passed in 1902 in Maryland
Capitalism
economic system in which private businesses run most industries and
competition determines how much goods cost
Socialism
system in which government owns an operates a country's industry
William "Big Bill" Haywood
union leader of the Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Workers of the World
labor union founded in 1905 on socialist beliefs
Eighteenth Amendment
amendment banning production and sale of alcoholic drinks
National American Woman Suffrage Association
group that worked for women's voting rights, founded by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Alice Paul
founder of a women's suffrage group that became the National Woman's Party
Nineteenth Amendment
amendment giving women the right to vote
Booker T. Washington
African American educator who encouraged other African American's to improve their own lives rather than fight discrimination
Ida B. Wells
African American journalist who publicized lynchings in her newspaper
W.E.B. DuBois
African American reformer who publicized cases of racial prejudice
Theodore Roosevelt
vice-president who became president upon McKinley's death
National Association for Advancement of Colored People
civil rights organization that works for racial equality by using the courts
Pure Food and Drug Act
law stopping the manufacture, sale, or transportation of mislabeled or contaminated food and drugs
Conservation
Protection of nature and its resources
William Howard Taft
president elected in 1908
Progressive Party
nicknamed the Bull Moose Party; formed so Roosevelt could run for
president in 1912
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic president who worked to regulate tariffs, banking, and buisness
Sixteenth amendment
amendment that allows the federal government to impose direct taxes on people's incomes
William Marcy Tweed
lead Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine
problem solving skills and memorize facts
John dewy believed that students should learn ________ and not just _________
They Pushed for laws requiring all children to attend school and started kindergarten programs
How did progressives improve education?
Carry Nation
A prohibitionist who became famous for using a hatchet to smash liquor bottles in saloons
New York State Tenement House Act
every apartment must have an outdoor facing window, an open courtyard, indoor plumbing, fire escapes; was a result of housing reformers
Regulating big buisnesses
What did President Roosevelt make a top goal of administration?
Tariff revision and banking reform
Woodrow Wilson pushed for what two measures after taking office?
Upton Sinclair
Exposed unsanitary practices in the meat packaging industry in his novel "The Jungle
Native Americans, Chinese, Mexican immigrants, women, etc.
Name some minorities left behind in the Progressive movement
Native Americans
Were largely overlooked by Progressive movement and forced to assimilate to white American culture, adapting new culture, religion, and language
The Square Deal
Policy that believed that the interests of buisness people, laborers, and consumers should be balanced for the public good
Federal Reserve Act
law that created the modern banking system and makes sure money is distributed where it is most needed; created a more flexible currency system by allowing consumer banks to have more control over the money supply
monopolies
Roosevelt used The Square Deal to break up large ______________
Temperance Movement
a campaign, led mainly by women, against the sale or consumption (drinking) of alcohol.
Paid voters to vote for them, stuffed ballot boxes, bribed vote coutures, and hired "repeaters
Name ways that political machines unfairly caused election fraud
Tammany Hall
Located in NYC; One of the most notorious political machines; led by William Marcy Tweed
Pendleton Civil Service Act
law requiring people to take a civil service exam for certain government jobs
President James A. Garfield
Attempted reforms; was shot by federal job seeker; died from wounds
Joseph McCormack
Leader of the American Medical Association
American Medical Association (AMA)
Supported laws designed to protect public health and showed how Progressives could organize to help improve society
Wisconsin Idea
Package of reform ideas advocated by LaFollette that included Initiative, Recall, Referendum; became a model for progressive reforms in other states
Marie Van Vorst
investigated child labor by taking jobs in factories around the country (idk if this is on the test but whatever)
Lochner vs. New York
Supreme Court ruled that states could not restrict the rights of employers and workers to enter into any type of labor agreement
It only allowed skilled workers
What made the American Federation of Labor (AFL) different from the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union (ILGWU)
He signed tariffs that reduced some rates on imported goods but raised others and he did not act strongly enough to regulate big business
How did William Howard Taft anger progressives?
improved education, housing, and sanitation
What changes did Progressives make to city life?