The Progressive Era

What is the overall goal of Progressive Era
Click the card to flip 👆
1 / 29
Terms in this set (29)
What is the overall goal of Progressive Era
restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in american life. also protect public interest improve everyday life for average americans
General goals
protect social welfair(people)
promoting moral improvement
creating economic reform
fostering efficiency
Progressivisim
aimed to restore economic opportunists and correct injustices in american life
Image: Progressivisim
Jane Addams
Social reformer who worked to improve the lives of the working class. In 1889 she founded Hull House in Chicago, the first private social welfare agency in the U.S., to assist the poor, combat juvenile delinquency and help immigrants learn to speak English.
Image: Jane Addams
W E B DuBois
first AA to receive doctorate from Harvard thought AA should fight social equality and gain rights
Image: W E B DuBois
Muckraker
1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business
Image: Muckraker
Susan B Anthony
social reformer who campaigned for womens rights, the temperance, and was an abolitionist, helped form the National Woman Suffrage Assosiation
Image: Susan B Anthony
Suffrage
right to vote
Image: Suffrage
Teddy Roosevelt
26th President, from 1901-1909, passed two acts that purified meat, took over in 1901 when McKinley was shot, Went after trusts, formed the "Bull Moose Party", wanted to build the Panama canal, and make our Navy ( military stronger )trust buster
Image: Teddy Roosevelt
Pure Food and Drug Act
1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA.
Image: Pure Food and Drug Act
19th AmmendmentGave women the right to vote18th AmmendmentProhibited the manufacture, sale and transport of alcoholic beveragesMuckrakersJournalist who uncover and expose misconduct in politics, business, or social issues.Jacob RiisWrote "How the Other Half Lives" that told the public about the lives of the immigrants and those who lived in the tenement housing.Meat Inspection Act1906 law that allowed the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants.Ida TarbellShe was one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era who exposed corruption in the Standard Oil Company.RecallProcess by which voters can remove elected officials from the office before their terms end.ReferendumProcess that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by legislature.Ida B. WellsShe was one of the founders of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) in 1909.Upton Sinclair(Muckraker) Journalist who exposed labor and unsanitary conditions in the U.S. meatpacking industry, causing a public uproar that contributed to the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act and the Meat Inspection Act.Direct PrimaryAllows voters to select the nominees for political office.16th AmendmentCreated the federal income tax.InitiativeVoters can propose laws for a vote.ProgressivismMovement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms.17th AmendmentSenators are elected directly by the people.18th AmendmentProhibited the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages.19th AmendmentWomen received the right to vote (suffrage).Sherman Anti-trust ActCreated to outlaw monopolies and protect consumers.Federal Reserve SystemCreated to regulate the nation's money supply.

Flickr Creative Commons Images

Some images used in this set are licensed under the Creative Commons through Flickr.com.
Click to see the original works with their full license.