progressive era
presidents
teddy roosevelt
spearheaded unprecedented federal legislation
square deal
woodrow Wilson
support of women right to vote
new freedom
sociatel views
social gospel
church should help the poor
social darwinism
herbert Spencer
Subtopic
survival of the fittest
muckrakers
ida tarbell
Writer
History of Standard Oil
lincoln steffens
American journalist
leading muckraker
upton Sinclair
the jungle
author
Robert M. La Follette
US Senator
Proposed election changes
labor
unions
american federation of labor
The knights of labor
haymarket affair
police arrived combat
protest was quiet
clashes between police and strikers
led to death of striking workers
chicago's haymarket square
may 4th , 1886
one big union
terence v. powderly
leader
worker ownership with business
elimination of convict labor
equal pay regardless of gender
renewed called for an 8 hour work day
women labor
triangle shirtwaist factory fire
150 dead
efforts were initially met with strong resistance
8 hour workday
safety laws
opposed sweatshop labor
reforms
child labor
fair labor standards act (1938)
restricts trade of child produced goods
establishes minimum wage
Keating- Owen Act
u.s. supreme court claimed law unconstitutional
prohibited the interstate trade of any goods produced with child labor
u.s. childrens bureau
greater awareness to the issue of child labor
president Taft
1 out of every 6 children between the ages of 5 and 10 were working
national labor committee
women issues
temperance
not drinking
suffrage
the right to vote
black civil rights
booker T. Washington
primary leader in the African-American community
tuskegee institute
WEB debois
American sociologist, socialist, historian, and Pan-Africanist civil rights activist.
NAACP
Granger Movement
populism
political party focused on the people
conflicts
railroads
farmers
legal stuff
primary system
allowed party members to vote directly for a candate
initiative
proposed law
initiated by the people
recall
voting someone out of office
referendum
vote to keep or get rid of existing low
amendments
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women vote
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no drinking
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direct election of United States senators i
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Established income tax
