2025 USH3: Progressive Movement_Key Terms and People

Established Prohibition by banning the production, sale, and transport of alcohol (1919).

• 18th Amendment

• 21st Amendment

• 19th Amendment

• 16th Amendment

Passed in 1906 to ensure sanitary conditions in meatpacking plants and prevent adulterated meat products from being sold.

• Meat Inspection Act

• Food Safety Modernization Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Federal Meat Inspection Act

A term for individuals or officials who actively work to dissolve corporate monopolies through antitrust laws. Theodore Roosevelt was a prominent trustbuster.

• Regulator

• Trustbuster

• Monopolist

• Capitalist

Reform-minded journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption and societal issues, such as unsafe working conditions and child labor, through investigative journalism. They played a significant role in raising public awareness and influencing reforms.

• Muckrakers

• Investigators

• Reformers

• Activists

Philosopher and educator who promoted progressive education reforms focused on critical thinking over rote memorization.

• John Dewey

• Jean Piaget

• Maria Montessori

• Lev Vygotsky

Co-founder of the Niagara Movement alongside Du Bois. Advocated for uncompromising opposition to racial segregation.

• William Monroe Trotter

• W.E.B. Du Bois

• Marcus Garvey

• Frederick Douglass

Allowed for the direct election of U.S. senators by voters rather than state legislatures (1913).

• 16th Amendment

• 17th Amendment

• 18th Amendment

• 19th Amendment

Advocates of the Progressive Movement, which sought to address social, political, and economic inequalities through reforms in areas such as labor rights, suffrage, and government regulation of industries.

• Reformists

• Progressives

• Conservatives

• Liberals

Enacted in 1906, this law prohibited misbranded or adulterated food and drugs, leading to the creation of the FDA.

• Food Safety Modernization Act

• Pure Food and Drug Act

• Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act

• Nutrition Labeling and Education Act

A historically Black college founded by Booker T. Washington in 1881 to provide vocational training for African Americans.

• Tuskegee Institute

• Howard University

• Morehouse College

• Spelman College