What is the progressive movement?
Political, social, and economic reformation
What issues were progressives trying to address?
The disadvantages the lower class had, inequality, to promote democracy, end wide spread corruption, open government (to the people), believed that people should vote for officials and laws, not the government.
What were the working conditions like for many urban workers in factories?
Very poor, dangerous, long hours, low wages.
How did scientific management change how workers performed their jobs?
It simplified their task and reduced the monopolist work (Repetitiveness)
Why did progressives want to end political machines. Boss politics in the cities?
They wanted to give more power to the people and stop tyrannical governments/leaders.
What role did Upton Sinclair’s book “The Jungle” play in the passage progressive legislation?
It showed the people the horrible truth of what was in their food and the conditions the workers were in.
What is the 17th amendment?
Direct election of U.S. senators for the people
Why did progressives want to pass the 17th amendment?
Less government control, more for the people
What is the temperance movement
A social and political movement in the 1800’s through the early 1900’s that encouraged people to limit their alcohol consumption.
How did the temperance movement hurt the suffrage movement
It made it harder for the women to get the right to vote because the men knew that the women would vote for this movement.
What is the purpose of the Sherman Antitrust Act
Gave government power to break up trusts and monopolies
Clayton Antitrust Act
Closed many of the loopholes left from the Sherman Antitrust Act
Roosevelt
Bull-moose political party/ progressive
Taft
Republican
Woodrow Willson
Democrat
Explain what happened in the presidential election of 1912
Taft and Roosevelt both separately ran in the republican spot and Wilson ran for democrat. Wilson won because the Republican party was split into 2 candidates.
Exposé
A work of writing that publicized a scandal or injustice.
Consumption
The requirement to enlist for service in a country’s armed forces.
Social Gospel
The progressive movement coincided with and was strongly influenced by a religious movement
Muckrackers
Journalists who investigated corruption, crime, and other social issues, began to publish articles and books that highlighted serious issues.
Women’s suffrage
The right for women to vote
Children’s Bureau
A U.S. government agency that was created in 1912 and focused on improving the lives of children and families.
Enfranchisement
The granting of rights of citizenship (Especially voting)
Suffragist
A person who supports women’s rights to vote
