Progressive movement
A movement by the people to make the government more responsive
What did the progressive movement aim to do
Restore economic opportunities and correct injustices
16th amendment
Federal graduated income tax
17th amendment
Citizens directly elect senators, made congress more responsible to the people
18th amendment
The banning of alcoholic beverages, they created this to improve behavior from immigrants and poor
What did women do during the progressive movement
Women would walk into various places and destroy any alcoholic beverages found
Muckrakers
Journalists who wrote about the crrupt side of business and public life
What were women’s rights like
Strong women needed in household, excluded from public life, no voting or hold political office
What did women do to go against the inequality between women and men
Held a convention at Seneca falls and passed a resolution that women were equal to men
Why did women become upset about the 14th and 15th amendments
They were only passed for African Americans and not women
Who was Susan b Anthony
She assisted in earning suffrage for women, but didn’t get it at the national level
19th amendment
Granted women all over US the right to vote
What did African American civil rights do
Progressives remained blind to problems of African Americans, did not do anything about racial equality, and pushed for disenfranchisement and segregation
What is disenfranchisement
The state of being deprived of a right or privilege, especially the right to vote
Who was booker t Washington
He was accepted by white leaders, wanted white and blacks to work together through gradual approach, accepted statues under Jim Crow laws, and encouraged vocational trading for black
What is vocational trading
Trains individuals for specific occupations
WEB Dubois
1st African American to earn PhD from Harvard, argued immediate social and economic equality, wanted to end Jim Crow laws, created NAACP
What is NAACP
A civil rights organization called the national association for the advancement of colored people
Who was Ida B wells
Led a national anti lynching crusade, her research revealed that 728 black men and women were lynched in the previous decade
Referendum
Change a law
Initiative
Suggest a new law
Recall
Vote to remove official from office
When did republicans control national government
Gilded age
What were the three progressive presidents
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
