Some vocabulary on Progressivism
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| 829696537 | Louis Brandeis | 1st Jewish man to have a role in the supreme court, appointed by Woodrow Wilson | |
| 829696538 | Warehouse Act | Signed into law by Woodrow Wilson, helped to control the prices of farm goods, early aim of populist party | |
| 829696539 | Clayton Anti-Trust Act | Signed into law by Woodrow Wilson, 2nd anti-trust act, gave anti-trust movement more muscle | |
| 829696540 | Meat Inspection Act | Signed into law in 1906 by Teddy Roosevelt, result of Roosevelt reading "The Jungle" and helped to regulate meat packing plants that had been totally unregulated before this point | |
| 829696541 | Pure Food and Drug Act | Signed into law in 1906 by Teddy Roosevelt, required food and drug producers to label and tell consumers the ingredients that were in their products made it safer for consumers | |
| 829696542 | William Howard Taft | Ran as republican nominee in 1908 against William Jennings Bryan (D) and Eugene Debs (socialist), progressivist, liked by Teddy Roosevelt, stayed in public office after term | |
| 829696543 | "Trust Buster" | Nick name given to Teddy Roosevelt because of his anti-trust agenda, dismantled 25 trusts during presidency including Swift's meat packing empire | |
| 829696544 | Swift Meat Packing Industry | Major meat packing trust ran by Gustavus Swift, unsafe meat packing practices and industrial practices common to the times | |
| 829696545 | Initiative and Referendum | Political reforms of the progressive era that allowed the people to vote an issue into local, state, and federal governments as an issue to be voted on by legislator | |
| 829696546 | Recall | The power for the people to vote an elected official out of office if he does not fulfill the people's wishes | |
| 829696547 | Tom Johnson | Mayor of Cleveland and on of the first "powerful" mayors who was actually able to clean up his city and begin the process of reform (clean water, sewage, electric) began a trend that many other mayors followed after | |
| 829696548 | Wisconsin Plan | This plan out lined the main points of political reform for the progressivists, included municipal reform, direct election of senators, professional management of cities, etc. | |
| 829696549 | Robert LaFollette | Senator from Wisconsin who headed the work on the Wisconsin Plan, progressivist | |
| 829696550 | Upton Sinclaire | Wrote a book called "The Jungle" that called attention to the horrors which were occurring inside the meat packing industry, led to reform and safety laws | |
| 829696551 | Jane Addams | Established The Hull House in Chicago as a type of halfway house for immigrants that helped educate them, provided housing for them, and helped them to get jobs | |
| 829696552 | Muckrakers | A group of progressive journalists who spearheaded the Progressive movement by writing about social injustices and evils of society that helped draw attention to the issues of the time | |
| 829696553 | Lincoln Steffens | Muckraker who wrote about the horrible conditions in the poorer parts of cities, one of the first | |
| 829696554 | Jacob Riis | Wrote a book about "the other half" of americans who lived in extreme poverty and held dangerous jobs, called attention to social issues | |
| 829696555 | Ida Tarbell | Muckraker who exposed dirt on the Standard Oil Co. and their shady business practices and the conditions their employees were generally in | |
| 830650603 | Populist Party | Or the "people's party" fought against big business and advocated for more government regulation, emerged in the election of 1892 | |
| 830650604 | James Wever | Populist party's presidential nominee for the election of 1892 | |
| 830650605 | Direct Election of US Senators | A part of the platform of the populist party, became law in 1913 with the 17th amendment | |
| 830650606 | Income Tax | A part of the populist party platform to tax the rich more fairly, became law in 1913 with the 16th amendment | |
| 830650607 | Federal Ownership of National Transportation, Subtreasury System, Silver Coinage | All of these were also apart of the populist party platform, although they did not become laws, they were implemented into our government to a certain degree | |
| 830650608 | Prohibition | Became law in 1919 with the 18th amendment and it illegalized the creation or sale of alcoholic beverages | |
| 830650609 | Gifford Pinchot | Teddy Roosevelt put this man in charge of the National Parks System | |
| 830650610 | National Parks System | Established in 1916 by Teddy Roosevelt, has grown since then and includes the network of National Parks, National Monuments, and National Treasures across the country | |
| 830666050 | Keating-Owen Act | This act outlawed child labor in 1916 | |
| 830666051 | Carrie Catt | More conservative feminist leader, founded the National American Woman Suffrage Association, believed in gradual change | |
| 830666052 | Alice Paul | More extreme feminist leader who led marches and picketing, more aggressive tactics that led to the eventual passing of the 19th amendment in 1920 | |
| 830666053 | Margret Sanger | This woman advocated for the right for women to take birth control and avoid pregnancy, established Planned Parenthood | |
| 830782756 | Plessy v. Ferguson | Supreme Court case which ruled "separate but equal" and opened the South up to segregation and racial inequity | |
| 830782757 | Lynching | The unsanctioned, public murder of any person accused of a crime without a trial, common in the south during this time period, normally targeted blacks | |
| 830782758 | Booker T. Washington | Black community leader who encouraged gradual self improvement which he believed would eventually lead to racial equality | |
| 830782759 | W.E.B DuBois | Harvard educated black who believed that blacks should strive for equality NOW, founder of the Niagara Movement | |
| 830782760 | Niagara Movement | Founded by W.E.B. DuBois and gave rise to a more radical racial improvement plan for blacks | |
| 830782761 | NAACP | Founded by W.E.B. DuBois in 1910 in Harlem, largest racial equality organization, still around today, publishes magazine called "The Crisis" |
