Progressive Era Vocabulary

Jacob Riis

Muckraker who wrote "How the Other Half Lives" and used photographs to show the poverty of tenement neighborhoods

Lincoln Steffens

Muckraker who wrote "The Shame of Cities" about political corruption

Upton Sinclair

Wrote "The Jungle" to expose problems in the meat packing industry

Muckrakers

Writers that exposed problems in Americans society in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

Ida Tarbell

Muckraker who described the ruthless practices of the Standard Oil Company

Progressivism

Reform movements in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Pure Food and Drug Act

Laws passed by Congress during Roosevelt's administration that outlawed the improper labeling of food materials

16th Amendment

Created a graduated income tax

17th Amendment

Direct Election of Senators in each state

18th Amendment

Bans the use of alcohol (prohibition)

19th Amendment

Gives women the right to vote

21st Amendment

Repeals prohibition and the 18th Amendment

Clayton Antitrust Act

Increased the federal government power to prevent unfair business practices

Theodore Roosevelt

Progressive 26th President of the United States. He earned the nickname the "Trust buster" for breaking up monopolies and corporate trusts. He was a conservationist who used executive orders to greatly protect land and natural wonders by creating federal parks.

Woodrow Wilson

Progressive 27th President that created the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission. He eventually promoted women's suffrage, and he segregated federal government and the military. He led the United States into World War I after originally isolating the country from the war. He was a major contributor to the Versailles Treaty, and helped create the League of Nations.

Federal Reserve System

Created a national banking system and controls the money supply

Declaration of Rights and Sentiments

Statement written by women at the Seneca Falls convention that was a restatement of the Declaration of Independence to include women

Suffrage

the right to vote

Susan B. Anthony

fought for women's suffrage

Seneca Falls Convention

meeting held to pass a resolution that stated women were intellectually equal to men

Jane Addams

the founder of Hull House, which provided English lessons for immigrants, daycares, and child care classes

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