Progressive Era Vocabulary

People who moved to America (primarily in the cities) from another country in search for jobs and democratic ideals.

• Immigrants

• Muckraker

• Nativism

• Migrant Farm Workers

The policy of protecting the interests of native-born or established inhabitants against those of immigrants

• Immigrantism

• Nativism

• Naturalism

• Sherman Anti-Trust Act

a group of reformers who worked to improve social and political problems

• Socializers

• Politicians

• Reformeters

• Progressives

Suffrage means the right to _______________.

• own a firearm
• vote in political elections
• practice your religion
• free speech

Corruption means

• means the improvement or amendment of what is wrong,

• movement were addressing problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration.

  
  

• A form of dishonesty or criminal activity undertaken by a person in a position of authority

  
  

• a statement or action expressing disapproval of or objection to something.

Make changes in (something, typically a social, political, or economic institution or practice) in order to improve it.

• reform

• ideology

• suffrage

• regress

Forbidding something. Making something illegal. 

• Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Protest

• Immigration

An event in which people gather to show disapproval of something.

• Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Protest

• Immigration

Coming to live permanently in another country.

• Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Protest

• Immigration

The right to vote

• Suffrage

• Prohibition

• Protest

• Immigration