UNIT 7 SYLLABUS
The Progressive Movement 1890-1914
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Goal 7: The Progressive Movement in the United States (1890-1914) – The learner will
analyze the economic, political, and social reforms of the Progressive Period.
 7.01: Explain the conditions that led to the rise of Progressivism.
 7.02: Analyze how different groups of Americans made economic and political gains in the Progressive Period.
 7.03: Evaluate the effects of racial segregation on different regions and segments of the United States’ society.
 7.04: Examine the impact of technological changes on economic, social, and cultural life in the United States.
Date
Topic
Homework
10/15
Muckrakers
10/16
PSAT
Watch Iron Jawed Angels
10/17
Railroads, Factory, BB Reforms
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
10/18
Trading Cards
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
10/22
Trade Trading Cards
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
10/23
Governmental, Societal, Prez. Reforms
Finish Vocabulary Flashcards
10/24
Graphic Organizer
Unit 7 Vocabulary Flashcards Due
Flashcard Quiz
Finish Cornell Notes
Finish Test Corrections
10/25
Unit 7 Cornell Notes Due
Unit 4 & 5 Test Corrections Due
Unit 7 Test
People (pink)
1.Muckraker- authors who wrote about the bad societal conditions during the Gilded Age
2.Ida M. Tarbell-muckraker who wrote about Rockefeller’s Standard Oil Company –History of Standard Oil
3.Lincoln Steffens-muckraker who Wrote about political corruption in cities-Shame of the Cities
4.Upton Sinclair-muckraker who Wrote about the meat industry-The Jungle
5.Jacob Riis-muckraker who Wrote about & photographed urban poor and tenement houses-How the Other Half Lives
6.Lewis Hine-muckraker who photographed child labor
7.Frank Norris-muckraker who wrote about RR monopolies-The Octopus
8.John Spargo-muckraker who wrote about child labor-Bitter Cry of the Children
9.Jane Addams/Hull House-Settlement House in Chicago for urban poor & immigrants to go to learn English , hygiene, &
job-skills
10.Carrie A. Nation-temperance leader who used her hatchet to chop up bars
11.Thomas Nast-muckraker/political cartoonist whose drawings criticized corruption in government & political machines
12.Booker T. Washington- African American leader who believed in ECONOMIC equality Started Tuskegee Institute
13.W.E.B. Dubois- African American leader who believed in immediate integration—early creator of the NAACP—wrote The
Crisis (anti-lynching newspaper); One of the leaders of the Niagara Movement(an early Civil Rights organization)
14.Ida B. Wells-Muckraker who wrote about lynching
15.Robert Lafollette-Progressive Senator (example of a state-level progressive)
16.Marcus Garvey/ “Back to Africa” Movement-Black nationalist who believed that African Americans should return to
Africa
17.Alice Paul/Lucy Burns- Started the National Women’s Party and eventually got the 19th Amendment passed
18.Stalwart-liked the Spoils System & didn’t want to see it changed
19.Halfbreed-wanted to reform the Spoils System
20.Gifford Pinchot- Appointed as Head of Forest Service by Teddy Roosevelt—Fired by Taft
21.Margaret Sanger-founded Planned Parenthood and started the modern birth control movement
Laws/Policy (green)
22.Progressive Amendment--16th Amendment-Income Tax
23.Progressive Amendment-17th Amendment-people elect their Senators
24.Progressive Amendment-18th Amendment (Volstead Act)-prohibition (made alcohol illegal)
25.Progressive Amendment-19th Amendment- woman’s suffrage
26.1924 Native American Suffrage Act-Native Americans gain right to vote
27.Mann Act 1910/ Elkins Act 1903--illegal for RR’s to give rebates
28.Clayton AntiTrust Act- Enforced/strengthened the Sherman Antitrust Act—stronger
29.Direct Primary- Each political party votes for candidate they want to run for president
30.Initiative- Voters place prospective laws on the ballot to get voter feedback
31.Referendum- law-makers place prospective laws on the ballot to seek voter feedback
32.Recall- Election to remove official from office
33.Pendleton Civil Service Act 1883-reformed the Spoils System—you now have to take the Civil Service exam to be qualified
to work for the Government
34.Meat Inspection Act- Set codes for meat-packing industry
35.Pure Food & Drug Act- Accurately label products—set standards for food labeling
Political Parties (purple)
36.Bull Moose Party (Progressive Party)-led by Teddy Roosevelt during the election of 1912 who wanted to pass more
Progressive reforms
Other Important Vocabulary (Blue)
37.Progressive Movement (Early 1900’s Reform)-people looked at society during the Gilded Age and worked to change
those problems
38.Settlement House movement-community centers in slum neighborhoods that gave help to Immigrants & urban poor
(started by Jane Addams)
39.Social Gospel Movement-preached Gospel through service to the poor--Settlement Houses were examples of this
Other Important Vocabulary, Continued (Blue)
40.Great Migration (1910-1930)- African American migration to Northern cities
41.Niagara Movement- Conference led by WEB Du Bois that led to creation of NAACP
42.The NAACP- Organization working for rights for African Americans
43.Prohibition-evolved from the temperance movement to make alcohol illegal—resulted in the 18th Amendment