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