Relier Pairs Moving to the Progressive EraVersion en ligne 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. par Vanesse Hiten 1 Clayton Anti-Trust Act 2 William Jennings Bryan 3 Sherman Anti-Trust Act 4 Gifford Pinchot 5 WCTU 6 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire 7 Types of Reformers 8 Populist Party 9 Jane Addams 10 Women's Suffrage Movement 11 Socialists 12 Reform Journalists known as "Muckrakers" 13 The Temperance Movement 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 Politicians, journalists, novelists, religious leaders all raised their voices to push for reform A movement attended by several groups of women to gain the right to vote Enacted in 1890 aimed at limiting anticompetitive practices. Breaking Trusts and Monopolies, but also had a loophole 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. Jacob Riis Upton Sinclair Ida Tarbell Nebraska congressman, Secretary of State under Wilson, Presidential nominee. Supported free coinage of silver. Ran as a Populist Nominee Father of American Forestry. Emphasized conservation of natural resources An example of unsafe work conditions that spurred pressure for safety reforms in factories. Hull House - settlement house in Chicago, aimed at helping immigrants and women. She was also an "Anti-Imperialist" Enacted 1914 aimed at breaking anti-competitve practices, and also removed loophole Woman's Christian Temperance Union Founded 1874 Later addressed many reform needs as a political organization. To "clean up American Life" - particularly the use of alcohol.