Progressive Era 1890-1920

Progressive Era 1890-1920

1. John Muir- advocate for conservation and stop exploitation of natural resources and better society's attitude

2. Gifford Pinchot- progressive politician that pushed conservation of earth for 'good of men'

3. Act Woodrow Wilson- his Underwood Simmons act made lowest tariff rates since civil war and federal reserve act helped banking and economic situation

4. immigrant living conditions- mostly in cities, crowded, dirty, unsafe, poorly built conditions

5. working conditions- very harmful and not many benefits. many accidents and other abuses

6. national wildlife refuges-provide necessities to wildlife which they were deprived of

7. Hull House-helped provide services, education, social and cultural events for working poor and immigrants

8. racial discrimination- racism was no better during but was rather overlooked with blacks still not seen as equal

9. Upton Sinclair- wrote the novel The Jungle which told about about unsanitary actions of the meat industry

10. environmentalism- wanted to help protect land and natural resources from industrialization

11. women's rights-protested and had movements of social and political motives for rights they deserved

12. big businesses- created monopolies, used laborers and buyers in any way they wished

13. 19th Amendment-wide reform which granted women suffrage rights

14. Pure Food and Drug Act- deemed unlawful to sale contaminated food; protects consumer health

15. Alice Paul- speaking leader of women's suffrage movement; advocated the passage of 19th amendment

16. Jacob Riis- wrote about to draw attention to New York's disease, abuses, and bad immigrant conditions

17. national american suffrage assoc.- result of two organizations, NWSA and AWSA, joining to help gain women the right to vote

18. meat inspection act-monitored meat distribution because of unhealthy and unsanitary habits happening

19. Theodore Roosevelt-helped pass the pure food and drug act and had a plan called "square deal"

20. Sherman Antitrust-act to increase economic competitiveness and control big companies

21. NAACP-ensure equality in education, politics,society, and economic, to help bring equality to colored

22. Clayton Antitrust Act-added on to Sherman act, workers protesting rights helped smaller stores

23. Tuskegee Institute- provided academic and vocational training to mostly blacks, encouraged economic progress of blacks

24. Jane Adams- social reformer and activist for progressivism; supported the goal to bring rich and poor together

25. Booker T. Washington- black leader, educator, reformer, and established Tuskegee Institute

26. William Howard Taft- backed conservation of natural conservation of natural resources and was active in trust-busting

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