progressive era 1900-1916
industrial workers of the world
advocated a workers revolution
new cobcepts of a living wage and american standard of living
allowed for the criticism of the inequalities of wealth and power
which was the ellis island of the west
angel island
progressivism in 1910
as a way of describing a broad, loosely defined politics movement of individuals and groups
triangle shirtwaist fire
brought in its wake increased union organizing among nyc garment workers and much-needed safety legislation
progressive era immigration was a part of a larger of worlwide migration set in motion by all of the following
industrial expansion, decline of traditional agriculture, political turmoil, wipespread poverty in rural southern and eastern europe and parts of asia
1912 strike in lawrence Massachusetts
is aka the bread and roses strike
ellis island served as the entry point for immigrants from
japan
muckrakers
lewis hine, lincoln steffens, ida tarbell, upton sinclair
most new immigrants who arrived during the early years of the twentieth century
lived in close-knit communities
which person was a supreme court justice and a progressive reformer who advocated for the labor movement
louis brandeis
mass consumption in 20th century
mass consumption became the new understanding of freedom, urban dwellers purchased good from department stores and chain stores, rural people purchased goods through mail-order catalogs, new advertising industry often linked good with the idea of freedom
pregressivism drew its strength from
middle-class reformer
newspaper and magazine writers, who exposed the ills of the industrial and urban life, fueling the progressive movement were know as
muckrakers
during the progressive era
new immigration from southern and eastern europe reach its peak
AFL
represented skilled workers only, membership tripled between 1900 and 1904, forged closer ties with corporate leaders to stabilize employers relations, established pension plans fod long term workers
a worker who crossed a picket line during a strike was called a
scab
the program that sought to streamline production and boost profits by systematically contolling costs and work peactices was
scientific management
eugene v debs
socialist candidate for president
charlotte perkins gilman that the road to woman's freedom lay through
the workplace
the writer whose work encouraged the passage of the meal inspection act
upton sinclair
during the progressive era
urban development highlighted social development
scientific management
was pioneered by frederick w taylor
nickelodeons
were motion-picture theatres with a five cent admission charge
early 20th century, socialist party advocated
free college education, legislation to improve the condition of laborers, public ownershipof railroads, public ownership of factories
during the progressive era
growing numbers of native born white women worked as domestics
by 1912, the socialist party
had elected scores of local officials
birds of passage were
immigrants who planed in returning to their homeland
asian and mexican immigrants from the early twentieth century
clustered in the west as agricultural workers
during the progressive era
commercial farming grew
which institutions became a pillar of stability for the immigrants as they settled into the communities in american societies
church
painters who were part of the aschan school focused their art on
city life
textile strike in lawrence, Massachusetts 1812
demonstrated that workers sought the opportunity to dnjoy finer things in life, in response of a reduction of weekly wages, children of striking workers publicly marched up nyc fifth ave, stricke was settled on the workers terms
fordism
describes an economic system based on mass production and mass consumption
vaudeville is a form of
entertainment
