Progressive Era

Progressive Era

Working Conditions- Workers often had to work long hours for little pay
1. Women's rights- suffrage movements began in 1848, first convention in NY
  1. Jacob Riis- Danish American social reformer and "muckracking" journalist
    1. Immigrant living conditions- lived in overcrowded cities working jobs americans wouldn't take.
      1. Upton Sinclair- American writer who wrote over 100 books
      2. Racial discrimination- African Americans faced discrimination
Meat Inspection act- Made sure meat was processed in sanitary conditions
1. National Wildlife Refugees- areas protected by the federal government
  1. Jane Adams- known as the mother of social work
    1. Teddy Roosevelt- Became 26th president after assassination of McKinley
Booker T Washington- American educator, orator, and advisor to several presidents
Tuskegee institution- Historically black college founded by George Washington Carver
John Muir- Scottish American nationalist author
1. Hull House- Settlement house in the US founded in 1889 by Jane Adams
Sherman antitrust act- promotes competition by outlawing unfair modes of competition
Big Business- The government intervened in the economy and set up regulations
1. Environmentalism- conservationists called for federal regulation of resources
  1. William Howard Taft- 27th president of US
    1. Woodrow Wilson- 28th president of US
19th amendment- Gave women right to vote
1. NAACP- founded in 1909 for advancement of colored people
  1. Alex Pansul- American suffragist

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