progressivism
reform movements that sought to raise living standards and correct wrongs in American society
Goals of Progressive Movement
Protecting social welfare, Promoting moral improvement, Creating economic reform, fostering efficiency
Prohibition
a law forbidding the sale of alcoholic beverages
florence kelley
1893 helped persuade Illinois to prohibit child labor and limit the number of hours women worked; helped found the National Child Labor Committee
eugene debs
labor leader who supported unionization and labor reforms, opposed strikes and favored negotiations as a means to improve conditions for workers
Women's Christian Temperance
founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. The main objective of the WCTU was to persuade all states to prohibit the sale of alcoholic beverages.
Carry Nation
Worked for the prohibition of alcohol. Used a violent way odf expressing his thoughts, smashed up saloons with an axe.
Assembly line
Production method that breaks down a complex job into a series of smaller tasks
owen keating act
Prohibited the transportation across state lines of goods produced with child labor.
Robert LaFolette
(1855-1925) prominent Progressive leader. He served as Wisconsin's governor and later as a U.S. senator. Under his governorship, Wisconsin implemented direct elections and passed progressive taxation and railroad regulations.
Scientific Management
a management theory using efficiency experts to examine each work operations and find ways to minimize the time needed to complete it
Susan B. Anthony
leader of woman suffrage movement, who helped to define the movement's goals and beliefs and to lead its actions
Muckrakers
Journalists who attempted to find corruption or wrongdoing in industries and expose it to the public
Initiative
process that permits voters to put legislative measures directly on the ballot
Referendum
The practice of letting voters accept or reject measures proposed by the legislature
Recall
procedure whereby voters can remove an elected official from office
Elizabeth Stanton
A prominent advocate of women's rights, Stanton organized the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention with Lucretia Mott
Carrie Chapman Catt
A women's suffrage leader, she was twice the president of the NAWSA She was one of the main people attributed to woman's suffrage.
Sinclair
a reformer who wrote "The Jungle" addressing the meat inspection industry
Pure Food and Drug Act
the act that prohibited the manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure of falsely labeled food and drugs
Meat Inspection Act
Law that authorized the Secretary of Agriculture to order meat inspections and condemn any meat product found unfit for human consumption.h
Bull Moose Party
nickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912
Trustbusting
Trust-busting is any government activity designed to kill trusts or monopolies. Theodore Roosevelt is the U.S. president most associated with dissolving trusts. However, William Howard Taft signed twice as much trust-busting legislation during his preside
Gifford Pinchot
head of the U.S. Forest Servic under Roosevelt, who believed that it was possible to make use of natural resources while conserving them
Federal trade Commission
Established to preserve competition by preventing unfair business practices and investigates complaints against companies
Wilson's New Freedom
called for stronger anti-trust legislation, banking reform and tariff reductions
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
- created Federal Trade Commission (investigate companies for unfair trade practices)
- prevent corporate abuses by expanding government's regulatory powers
- corrected problems with Sherman Anti-Trust Act
- outlawed monopolies
federal reserve system
1913 - central banking system of the US - created by the Federal Reserve Act - quasi public system
16th Amendment
Amendment to the United States Constitution (1913) gave Congress the power to tax income.
Federal Trade Commission
an independent agency of the United States fedeal government that maintains fair and free competition
Payne Aldrich Tariff
Initially a tariff lowering tariff, but became a protective measure when compromises were made in the Senate. Harmed Taft's reputation (broke campaign promise of lower tariffs) and the unity of the Republicans.
Coal Strike of 1902
Roosevelt intervenes and raises wages 10% and lowers workday by one hour - using arbitration with the workers and the business owners
NACW
National Association of Colored Women
NAWSA
National American Woman Suffrage Association; founded in 1890 to help women win the right to vote