Relacionar Columnas Moving to the Progressive EraVersión en línea The rise of unprecedented fortunes and unprecedented poverty, controversies over imperialism, urban squalor, a near-war between capital and labor, loosening social mores, unsanitary food production, the onrush of foreign immigration, environmental destruction, and the outbreak of political radicalism. This was the background from which the Progressive Era grew. por Vanesse Hiten 1 The Temperance Movement 2 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 3 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 4 Clayton Anti-Trust Act 5 Reform Journalists known as "Muckrakers" 6 Socialists 7 William Jennings Bryan 8 WCTU 9 Gifford Pinchot 10 Types of Reformers 11 Populist Party 12 Women's Suffrage Movement 13 Jane Addams Father of American Forestry. Emphasized conservation of natural resources Hull House - settlement house in Chicago, aimed at helping immigrants and women. She was also an "Anti-Imperialist" To "clean up American Life" - particularly the use of alcohol. Politicians, journalists, novelists, religious leaders all raised their voices to push for reform Enacted in 1890 aimed at limiting anticompetitive practices. Breaking Trusts and Monopolies, but also had a loophole Woman's Christian Temperance Union Founded 1874 Later addressed many reform needs as a political organization. Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell Developed out of the cooperatives formed by America's Farmers. Initially the Farmer's Alliance, which tried to attend to farmer's economic and political needs. Ran on the Omaha Platform. A movement attended by several groups of women to gain the right to vote Enacted 1914 aimed at breaking anti-competitve practices, and also removed loophole Nebraska congressman, Secretary of State under Wilson, Presidential nominee. Supported free coinage of silver. Ran as a Populist Nominee An example of unsafe work conditions that spurred pressure for safety reforms in factories. United Laborers and Farmers Concerned about low pay, long hours, unsafe working conditions Eugene Debs was Presidential nominee Famous socialists: Helen Keller, Upton Sinclair, Jack London
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