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Progressive Era Vocabulary Late1800s to early 1900s. 1. Labor Union. Workers organizing into groups to demand better pay and working conditions from their employer. 2. Wages. Money paid for doing a job. 3. Sweatshop. Crowded urban factories. 4. American Federation of Labor.
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1. LaborUnion • Workers organizing into groups to demand better pay and working conditions from their employer.
2. Wages • Money paid for doing a job.
3. Sweatshop • Crowded urban factories.
4. American Federation of Labor • 1881 group of national trade formed to represent skilled workers in various crafts.
5. Homestead Strike of 1892 • A violent strike at a Carnegie steel plant that resulted in damaging the reputation of unions.
6. Progressive Movement • A philosophical movement aimed at improving the lives and working conditions of U.S. citizens.
7. Temperance Movement • A “crusade” against the use of alcohol urged individuals to stop drinking.
8. Prohibition • Passing laws to prohibit the making, selling, and distribution of alcohol illegal.
9. Speakeasies • Secret clubs at which bootleg alcohol was purchased and consumed.
10. Bootleggers • People who manufactured, sold, or distributed alcohol illegally.
11. Smuggle • Illegal transportation, distribution, and sale of alcohol.
12.18thAmendment • This Constitutional amendment prohibited the transportation, distribution , and sale of alcohol.
13. Repeal(As in a Constitutional Amendment) • To cancel an act or law.
14. 21stAmendment • Repealed the 18thamendment.
15. Suffrage • The right to vote.
16. 19thAmendment • Granted women suffrage (the right to vote).
17. Elizabeth Cady Stanton • Ms. Stanton is a founder of the women’s rights movement. • In July 1848, she helped to organize the first women’s rights convention.
18. Susan B. Anthony • Mrs. Anthony is a founder of the women’s rights movement. • She partnered with Ms. Stanton to lead the women’s movement.