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Brinkley, Chapter 20

Terms in this set (15)

What were characteristics of Progressives?
Middle-class, mostly women, city-dwellers
What were the goals of Progressives?
Hoped to use the government to improve societal ills and regulate trusts
**Social Gospel**
Protestant Church movement to improve society and help those that were less fortunate
Jane Addams
Created the Hull House - settlement house for women, children, and immigrants
Alice Paul
Advocate for women's suffrage, author of the equal rights amendment
Robert La Follette
Governor and Senator from Wisconsin, advocated the initiative, referendum, and recall
Ida B. Wells
Journalist and outspoken critic of lynchings of African Americans
W.E.B. Du Bois
Demanded equal political, social, and economic equality for African Americans; co-founder of the NAACP
Hepburn Act
Expanded the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC); allowed the government to regulate RRs
Conservation
Advocating the PROPER use of nature and resources - Teddy Roosevelt
16th amendment
Graduated Income Tax
17th amendment
Direct Election of Senators
18th amendment
Prohibition
19th amendment
Women's Suffrage
Preservation
Advocating the PROTECTION of nature and land from humans - John Muir and Sierra Club
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