Transcript Progressive Era Vocabulary Late1800s to early 1900s 1. Labor

 Workers
organizing
into groups to
demand
better pay
and working
conditions
from their
employer.
Money
paid for
doing a
job.
Crowded
urban
factories.
 1881
group of
national
trade formed
to represent
skilled
workers in
various crafts.
A
violent strike at a Carnegie steel
plant that resulted in damaging the
reputation of unions.
A
philosophical
movement
aimed at
improving the
lives and
working
conditions of
U.S. citizens.
A
“crusade”
against the
use of
alcohol
urged
individuals
to stop
drinking.
 Passing
laws
to prohibit
the making,
selling, and
distribution
of alcohol
illegal.
 Secret
clubs
at which
bootleg
alcohol was
purchased
and
consumed.
People
who
manufactured,
sold, or
distributed
alcohol
illegally.
So that’s
why they
call them
Bootleggers!
 Illegal
transportation,
distribution,
and sale of
alcohol.
 This
Constitutional
amendment
prohibited the
transportation,
distribution ,
and sale of
alcohol.
To
cancel
an act
or law.
Repealed
the
th
18
amendment.
The
right to
vote.
Granted
women
suffrage
(the right to
vote).
 Ms.
Stanton is a
founder of the
women’s rights
movement.
 In July 1848, she
helped to
organize the first
women’s rights
convention.
 Mrs.
Anthony is a
founder of the
women’s rights
movement.
 She partnered
with Ms. Stanton
to lead the
women’s
movement.