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 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 2 Types of Reformers 3 Gifford Pinchot 4 Jane Addams 5 The Temperance Movement 6 WCTU 7 Populist Party 8 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 9 William Jennings Bryan 10 Socialists 11 Women's Suffrage Movement 12 Clayton Anti-Trust Act 13 Reform Journalists known as "Muckrakers" 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 Enacted in 1890 aimed at limiting anticompetitive practices. Breaking Trusts and Monopolies, but also had a loophole Politicians, journalists, novelists, religious leaders all raised their voices to push for reform Woman's Christian Temperance Union Founded 1874 Later addressed many reform needs as a political organization. An example of unsafe work conditions that spurred pressure for safety reforms in factories. Enacted 1914 aimed at breaking anti-competitve practices, and also removed loophole Hull House - settlement house in Chicago, aimed at helping immigrants and women. She was also an "Anti-Imperialist" Nebraska congressman, Secretary of State under Wilson, Presidential nominee. Supported free coinage of silver. Ran as a Populist Nominee 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 Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell To "clean up American Life" - particularly the use of alcohol. Father of American Forestry. Emphasized conservation of natural resources
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