Progressive Era

Mother Jones (Mary Harris Jones)

was an organizer for the Mine Workers. She was also a Catholic teacher.

Teddy Roosevelt

established national parks, forests, and monuments. He was also the 26th president when the former president was assassinated. Supported labor unions.

W.E.B. DuBoise

The first Black American to earn a PhD from Harvard University, published widely before becoming NAACP's director of publicity and research and starting the organization's official journal, The Crisis, in 1910.

William McKinley

was the 25th United States President that was assassinated in 1897. He was the original trustbuster and passed the national legislation that made it illegal for business owners that were a part of a union.

William Taft

He was the 27th United States President for two terms and after that he became the Chief Justice of the United States for nine years.

Woordrow Wilson

created the National Park System and established the Sierra Club. was president of the United States into World War l to “make the world safe for democracy”. He signed the 18th and the 19th Amendment into law.

John Muir

created the National Park System and established the Sierra Club.

Lewis Hine

took photos of the working conditions of children. He took photos of children in coal mines, meatpacking houses, textile mills, and canneries.

Louis Pasteur

discovered the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization. He believed in washing your hands between attending patients and cleaning that was known as germ theory.

Nathan Straus

co-owned some of New York City’s biggest department stores which was R. H. Macy and Company and Abraham and Straus. He also was a merchant and philanthropist.

Upton Sinclaire

developed a kind of journalism that is known as “muckraking”. He also wrote a book called “The Jungle” that exposed the horrible conditions of meatpacking.

Ida B. Wells

believed in not doing lynching and led an anti lynching crusade in the United States during the 1890s. She helped write the anti lynching law.

Nelly Bly

was an investigative journalist who went into an asylum to see the conditions. They kept her there for ten days. She also went around the world and it took 72 days.

Jacob Riis

He exposed the housing crisis, education, and poverty for immigrants in New York City. He was the photographer and author of “How the Other Half Lives”.

Ida Tarbell

worked in helping pioneer investigative journalism. She wrote articles about John D. Rockefeller and the company he owned, Standard Oil Trust.

John Spargo

helped draft the Colby Note. He opposed the foreign policy. He exposed child labor in coal mines.

Jane Addams

was a progressive womens reformer. She also helped establish the juvenile court system and better factory laws.

Alice Paul

organized marches, rallies, and White House protests.

Pinkerton Detective Agency

They would end strikes like the Homestead Strike and Pullman Strike.

Progressive Era

It was a time of labor rights, women’s suffrage, economic reform, and much more.

Reform

It makes changes (usually social, political, or economic institution or practice in order to improve something).

Prohibition

It was a national ban of alcohol on all platforms of selling and importing.

Pasteurize

This kills harmful microorganisms in milk without affecting the taste or nutrition. Makes it safe to drink.

Child Labor

Children would work that would take away from a proper childhood like going to school. They wouldn’t get paid much at all.

Labor Union

fought for better and safer working conditions along with less working hours, and better pay.

Labor Day

This day pays tribute to the workers of America and their contributions and achievements. It is the first Monday in September.

Strike

an organized temporary or permanent end of work by employees due to pay, working hours, safety, or more.

Strikebreaker/Scab

A person who works or is employed in place of others who are on strike. This makes the strike ineffective.  Created racist tension.

Muckrakers

They were investigative journalists during the Progressive Era. They exposed the working conditions in business.

Conservationist

A person who acts for the protection and preservation of the environment and wildlife.

Lynch

A group or mob to kill someone else without trial or conviction.

Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill

Bill that was passed to make lynching a federal crime.

Suffrage

right to vote in political elections

Temperance

Abstinence of alcoholic drinks

Tenement

Apartment or house that is split up between people or families.

Settlement Movement

idea of public housing available for different nationalities that would have grocery stores, hospitals, and more near it. This would be affordable.

Clayton Antitrust Act

to prevent unfair competition

1906 Meat Inspection Act

Created USDA that inspects the meat and the animals. It can’t misbrand meat

1906 Pure Food and Drug Act

There must be labels that say the ingredients on medical supplies and food

Child Labor Act of 1916

Banned the sale of products that were made by employed children under 14

Square Deal

If you expect things from the government they will deliver. Like labor, conservation, anti corruption, and consumer protection

Food and Drug Administration(FDA)

Federal system to make sure food, drugs, and makeup are safe for people to use

Federal Trade Commission

Prevents unfair business practices, enforces antitrust laws, and makes sure consumers are protected

Federal Reserve System

It is the central bank of the United States to make sure our money is safe

16th Amendment

Federal income tax

17th Amendment

Allowed voters to cast votes for U.S. senators

18th Amendment

Outlawed alcohol in the United States

19th Amendment

Granted women the right to vote

NAWSA

The National American Women's Suffrage Association helped pass the 19th Amendment

NAACP

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People helped support black people

The Homestead Strike

Dispute between steel mill workers and employers because their wages were going to be cut.

The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

A factory fire in New York and it was the deadliest factory fire. 146 people died.