Progressive Movement

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Progressive Movement

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An effort to control many of the ills in American society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth in the last quarter of the 19th century.

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John Dewey

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was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology.

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Scientific Mangement

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a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Its main objective was improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to management.

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Ida Tarbell

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an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

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17th Amendment

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established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, to be consistent with the method of election.

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Progressive Movement

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An effort to control many of the ills in American society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth in the last quarter of the 19th century.

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John Dewey

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was an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer whose ideas have been influential in education and social reform. Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology.

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Scientific Mangement

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a theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows. Its main objective was improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to management.

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Ida Tarbell

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an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

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17th Amendment

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established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote.It also alters the procedure for filling vacancies in the Senate, to be consistent with the method of election.

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Theodore Roosevelt

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was the 26th President of the United States (1901-1909). He is noted for his energetic personality, range of interests and achievements, leadership of the Progressive Movement, and his "cowboy" image and robust masculinity.

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Trust Busting

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a term that referred to President Theodore Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies, or "trusts," that violated federal antitrust law.

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Elkins Act

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a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.[1] The Elkins Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.

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Hepborn Act

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a 1906 United States federal law that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers.

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The Jungle

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a 1906 novel written by journalist Upton Sinclair. Sinclair wrote the novel to point out the troubles of the working class and to show the corruption of the American meatpacking industry during the early-20th century.

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Pure food and drug act

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is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines.

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Meat Inspection act

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Required that the US department of agriculture to inspect cows, horses, sheeps, goats, etc. when slaughtered.

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16th amendment

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allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results

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Eugene V. Debs

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an American union leader, one of the founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World.

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Federal Reserve act

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the Act of Congress that created the Federal Reserve System, the central banking system of the United States of America, and granted it the legal authority to issue legal tender.

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Clayton anti trust

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was enacted in the United States to add further substance to the U.S. antitrust law regime by seeking to prevent anticompetitive practices in their incipiency.

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Federal Trade Commission (1914)

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an independent agency of the United States government, established in 1914 by the Federal Trade Commission Act.

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Niagara Movement

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a black civil rights organization founded in 1905 by a group led by W. E. B. Du Bois and William Monroe Trotter. It was named for the "mighty current" of change the group wanted to effect and Niagara Falls

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Booker t Washington

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an American educator, author, orator, and political leader. He was the dominant figure in the African American community in the United States from 1890 to 1915.

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W.E. B Dubois

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An intellectual leader in the US and W. E. B. Du Bois attempted virtually every possible solution to the problem of twentieth-century racism

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NAACP

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was formed in 1909 in New York City by a group of black and white citizens fighting for social justice.

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Alice Paul

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was an American suffragette and activist. Along with Lucy Burns and others, she led a successful campaign for women's suffrage that resulted in the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

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Carrie Chapman Catt

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was a women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution which gave U.S. women the right to vote in 1920.

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19th Amendment

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Prohibits any US citizen to be denied the right to vote because of gender. Ratified on August 18, 1920.

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League Of Women Voters

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An American political organization that was found in 1920. During this time, women were given the right to vote.