Matching Pairs Moving to the Progressive EraOnline version The rise of unprecedented fortunes and unprecedented poverty, controversies over imperialism, urban squalor, a near-war between capital and labor, loosening social mores, unsanitary food production, the onrush of foreign immigration, environmental destruction, and the outbreak of political radicalism. This was the background from which the Progressive Era grew. by Vanesse Hiten 1 Socialists 2 Types of Reformers 3 Reform Journalists known as "Muckrakers" 4 The Temperance Movement 5 Populist Party 6 Jane Addams 7 Clayton Anti-Trust Act 8 William Jennings Bryan 9 Gifford Pinchot 10 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 11 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 12 WCTU 13 Women's Suffrage Movement Enacted 1914 aimed at breaking anti-competitve practices, and also removed loophole An example of unsafe work conditions that spurred pressure for safety reforms in factories. A movement attended by several groups of women to gain the right to vote Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell Hull House - settlement house in Chicago, aimed at helping immigrants and women. She was also an "Anti-Imperialist" Father of American Forestry. Emphasized conservation of natural resources United Laborers and Farmers Concerned about low pay, long hours, unsafe working conditions Eugene Debs was Presidential nominee Famous socialists: Helen Keller, Upton Sinclair, Jack London Enacted in 1890 aimed at limiting anticompetitive practices. Breaking Trusts and Monopolies, but also had a loophole To "clean up American Life" - particularly the use of alcohol. Politicians, journalists, novelists, religious leaders all raised their voices to push for reform Developed out of the cooperatives formed by America's Farmers. Initially the Farmer's Alliance, which tried to attend to farmer's economic and political needs. Ran on the Omaha Platform. Woman's Christian Temperance Union Founded 1874 Later addressed many reform needs as a political organization. Nebraska congressman, Secretary of State under Wilson, Presidential nominee. Supported free coinage of silver. Ran as a Populist Nominee
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