U.S. History Chapter 8: The Progressive Era (1890-1920)

Movement that believed honest and efficient government could bring about social justice.

• Progressivism

• Socialism

• Referendum

• Reform

Socially conscious journalists and writers who dramatized the need for reform.

• Muckrackers

• Social Gospel

• Suffrage

• Americanization

Muckraking author of Shame of the Cities, exposed corruption in urban government.

• Lincoln Steffens

• Jane Adams

• Florence Kelley

• Booker T. Washington

Muckraking photographer and author of How the Other Half Lives, exposed the condition of the urban poor.

• Jacob Riis

• Lincoln Steffens

• John Muir

• Gifford Pinchot

Belief that following Christian principles could bring about social justice.

• Social Gospel

• Direct Primary

• Progressivism

• Muckrakers

Community center that provided services for the urban poor.

• Settlement house

• Social gospel

• National Consumers League

• Urban League

Leader in the Settlement house movement.

• Jane Adams

• Florence Kelley

• Ida B. Wells

• Alice Paul

Allowed voters to select candidates rather than having them selected by party workers.

• Direct primary

• National Consumers League

• Progressivism

• Square Deal

Gave citizens the power to propose laws.

• Initiative

• Referendum

• Reform

• Recall

Allowed citizens to reject or accept laws passed their legislature.

• Referendum

• Recall

• Muckrakers

• Initiative