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