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