HUSH
Robertson / 2016
Reading Guide
THE PROGRESSIVE MOVEMENT
from Chapters 25, 28 & 29
Important Terms
Carefully read the entire heading section first, then refer to the following to check for
comprehension and review the material. For each term you should be able to explain the
applicable who, what, why, where, when, and how details. Remember that while you may
take notes in whatever manner you find helpful to your comprehension and retention of
material, only hand-written notes on separate sheets of paper may be used for the occasional
open-note quiz or count towards any incentive bonus.
You don’t have to read the “special inserts” (unless specifically assigned), but you should look
at all maps, charts, pictures, etc.
Chapter 28: Progressivism and the Republican Roosevelt
roots of Progressive movement
Jacob Riis
Social Gospel
muckrakers
Lincoln Steffens
Ida Tarbell
topics of muckrakers
why is there no socialism in the US?
goals of progressives
initiative
referendum
recall
campaign finance laws (corrupt practices)
secret ballot
17th Amendment
city-manager system
other urban reforms
Robert La Follette
women’s club movement
Florence Kelley
National Consumers League
Muller v. Oregon
Triangle Fire
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Frances Willard
dry laws
from Chapter 25
Victoria Woodhull
Anthony Comstock
changes in family life
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Carrie Chapman Catt
status of women’s suffrage
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Carrie Nation
back to Ch. 28
Square Deal
1902 Coal Strike & TR’s actions
Elkins Act
Hepburn Act
TR and Trusts
Northern Securities Company
The Jungle
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food and Drug Act
TR and the environment
Taft as President
Taft and Trusts
Payne Aldrich Bill
Taft and the environment (conservation)
Chapter 29: Wilsonian Progressivism
Woodrow Wilson
election of 1912
Wilson’s background and idealism
triple wall of privilege
Underwood Tariff
16th Amendment
Federal Reserve Act/Board/Notes
Federal Trade Commission
Newlands Act
Hetch Hetchy Valley
John Muir
Conservatives views of TR
panic of 1907
Aldrich-Vreeland Act
William H. Taft
election of 1908
evaluation/significance of TR’s presidency
Ballinger-Pinchot controversy
the Old Guard
“New Nationalism”
“my hat is in the ring”
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Federal Farm Loan Act
Workingmen’s Compensation Act
child labor
Adamson Act
Louis Brandeis
Wilson and segregation
FYI: We will be discussing the 18th and 19th Amendments in class with this unit –
they will be on the test.