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 Clayton Anti-Trust Act 2 Jane Addams 3 Populist Party 4 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 5 Reform Journalists known as "Muckrakers" 6 William Jennings Bryan 7 The Temperance Movement 8 Types of Reformers 9 WCTU 10 Socialists 11 Women's Suffrage Movement 12 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 13 Gifford Pinchot Father of American Forestry. Emphasized conservation of natural resources Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell Hull House - settlement house in Chicago, aimed at helping immigrants and women. She was also an "Anti-Imperialist" Enacted 1914 aimed at breaking anti-competitve practices, and also removed 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. An example of unsafe work conditions that spurred pressure for safety reforms in factories. Enacted in 1890 aimed at limiting anticompetitive practices. Breaking Trusts and Monopolies, but also had a loophole A movement attended by several groups of women to gain the right to vote Woman's Christian Temperance Union Founded 1874 Later addressed many reform needs as a political organization. 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 Nebraska congressman, Secretary of State under Wilson, Presidential nominee. Supported free coinage of silver. Ran as a Populist Nominee
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