Progressivism
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| 2115713207 | Child Labor | Children were viewed as laborers throughout the 19th century. Many children worked on farms, small businesses, mills and factories. Business owners used this kind of labor because they could spend less on their salaries -No education, went to work so they could earn money |  | 0 |
| 2115709691 | Progressivism | The movement in the late 1800s to increase democracy in America by curbing the power of the corporation. It fought to end corruption in government and business, and worked to bring equal rights of women and other groups that had been left behind during the industrial revolution. |  | 1 |
| 2115709692 | Muckraker | 1906 - Journalists who searched for corruption in politics and big business |  | 2 |
| 2115709693 | Triangle Shirt Waist Factory | accident at new york city factory where a fire broke out and 146 workers died helped legislative improve factory safety standards |  | 3 |
| 2115709694 | The Jungle | This 1906 work by Upton Sinclair pointed out the abuses of the meat packing industry. The book led to the passage of the 1906 Meat Inspection Act. |  | 4 |
| 2115709695 | How the Other Half Lives | A book by John Riis that told the public about the lives of the immigrants and those who live in the tenements |  | 5 |
| 2115709696 | Women's Suffrage Movement | The movement to give women the right to vote. Largely unsuccessful until 1920 in the United States. |  | 6 |
| 2115709697 | Prohibition | A movement to ban the manufacture, consumption, and sale of alcoholic beverages |  | 7 |
| 2115709698 | Susan B. Anthony | (1820-1906) An early leader of the women's suffrage (right to vote) movement, co-founded the National Women's Suffrage Association with Elizabeth Cady Stanton in 1869. |  | 8 |
| 2115709699 | Alice Paul | A woman suffragist who went on a hunger strike after being denied her rights by Woodrow Wilson |  | 9 |
| 2115709700 | 19th Amendment | Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1920) extended the right to vote to women in federal or state elections. |  | 10 |
| 2115709703 | Teddy Roosevelt | 26th President, from 1901-1909, passed two acts that purified meat, took over in 1901 when McKinley was shot, Went after bad businesses, wanted to build the Panama canal, and make our Navy stronger. |  | 11 |
| 2115709702 | Pure Food and Drug Act | (TR) 1906 , 1906 - Forbade the manufacture or sale of mislabeled or adulterated food or drugs, it gave the government broad powers to ensure the safety and efficacy of drugs in order to abolish the "patent" drug trade. Still in existence as the FDA. |  | 12 |
| 2115709704 | "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick" | Roosevelt's policy, meant that the US was the policeman of the Western Hemisphere |  | 13 |
| 2115709705 | Federal Reserve Act | a 1913 law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply. |  | 14 |
| 2115709706 | 18th Amendment | Prohibited the manufacture, sale, and distribution of alcoholic beverages |  | 15 |
| 2115709707 | William Howard Taft | 27th president of the U.S.; he angered progressives by moving cautiously toward reforms. Came up with the 16th amendment |  | 16 |
| 2115709708 | Woodrow Wilson | 28th president of the United States, known for World War I leadership. Also used progressive policies like Clayon Anti-trust Act and several amendments (17-19) to eradicate corruption |  | 17 |
| 2115806677 | conservation | The preservation and protection of resources rather than using them up. The conservation movement was led by Theodore Roosevelt and resulted in the creation of the National Parks and the Forest Service. |  | 18 |
| 2115816213 | national parks | Lands set aside by the government in order to preserve them for recreation, education, and preservation |  | 19 |
