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Progressive Era Vocabulary

Progressive Era Vocabulary. 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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Progressive Era Vocabulary

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  1. Progressive Era Vocabulary

  2. 1. LaborUnion • Workers organizing into groups to demand better pay and working conditions from their employer.

  3. 2. Wages • Money paid for doing a job.

  4. 3. Sweatshop • Crowded urban factories.

  5. 4. American Federation of Labor • 1881 group of national trade formed to represent skilled workers in various crafts.

  6. 5. Homestead Strike of 1892 • A violent strike at a Carnegie steel plant that resulted in damaging the reputation of unions.

  7. 6. Progressive Movement • A philosophical movement aimed at improving the lives and working conditions of U.S. citizens.

  8. 7. Temperance Movement • A “crusade” against the use of alcohol urged individuals to stop drinking.

  9. 8. Prohibition • Passing laws to prohibit the making, selling, and distribution of alcohol.

  10. 9. Speakeasies • Secret clubs at which bootleg alcohol was purchased and consumed.

  11. 10. Bootleggers • People who manufactured, sold, or distributed alcohol illegally.

  12. 11. Smuggle • Illegal transportation, distribution, and sale of alcohol.

  13. 12.18thAmendment • This Constitutional amendment prohibited the transportation, distribution, and sale of alcohol.

  14. 13. Repeal(As in a Constitutional Amendment) • To cancel an act or law.

  15. 14. 21stAmendment • Repealed the 18th amendment.

  16. 15. Suffrage • The right to vote.

  17. 16. 19thAmendment • Granted women suffrage (the right to vote).

  18. 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.

  19. 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.

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