Progressive Part 2 Movements

Describe what a settlement house is:
-Where community centers that provided social services to the urban poor such as childcare classes, English classes, education opportunities, and art classes for adults

Who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement? Why?
-Jane Adams who opened Hull House in Chicago that grew to 13 buildings and inspired many to pursue social work

Describe Progressive Children’s reforms:
-Progressives wanted to improve lives of children which included trying to ban child labor which in the end was not ended by Congress until 1938

Describe Progressive Industrial Workers Reform: What was the leading cause of it?
-Industrial workers worked in poor conditions with long hours, poor ventilation, hazardous fumes, and unsafe machinery

Describe gov reforms during progressive era:
-Several state governors passed reforms like working conditions, election reform, and things to take power from the railroads

Direct primary - took choice out of party leaders and handed to people
Recall - allows citizens to remove elected officials by vote
Referendum - allowed citizens to vote or reject laws
Initiative - people could propose new laws with by getting enough signatures could get new law on ballot
Jim Crow Laws - allowing South to enact segregation laws
Plessey vs. Ferguson - Segregation became reality and SC upholds in 1870’s Describe how the NAACP started and its missionRiots over possible lynching of AA prisoners lead to formation of NAACP