Roots of Progressivism

People trying to reform (change) society during the late 1800’s:

• Rebels

• Confederates

• Progressives

• Snitches

Founded the Hull House to assist new immigrants in Chicago:

• Jane Addams

• Ida B. Wells

• W.E.B. DuBois

• Jerry Lee Lewis

A writer who exposed the truth about something bad in society:

• Journalist

• Snitch

• Meteorologist

• Muckraker

Author of the Jungle, a book that exposed the bad conditions in the meatpacking industry:

• Ida Tarbell

• Booker T. Washington

• Upton Sinclair

• Jacob Riis

Woman who wrote magazine articles exposing Standard Oil’s corrupt business practices and to end violence towards African Americans:

• Ida Tarbell

• Jane Addams

• Harriot Beecher Stowe

• Jillian Michaels

System of conserving land and natural resources:

• Conservationism

• Liberalism

• Progressivism

An important Progressive reformer who became President of the US. He helped pass through many progressive reforms.

• Teddy Roosevelt

• Franklin D. Roosevelt

• Harry Truman

• Woodrow Wilson

Laws in the south that enforced segregation:

• Slavery

• Black Codes

• Grandfather Clause

• Jim Crow Laws

Supreme Court case that established the idea of “separate but equal”:

• Scott vs Sandford

• Mulberry vs Madison

• Roe vs Wade

• Plessy vs Ferguson

A situation in which people agree not to buy goods made by a certain company

• Strike

• Trust

• Boycott