Progressive Part 2 Movements Review

Directions: Under each complete the phrase, answer the question, fill in the blank, or define the definition.

Describe what a settlement house is:
Community centers that provided social services to the urban poor.

Who was the leading figure of the settlement house movement? Why? Jane Adams because she opened the Hull House in Chicago that grew to 13 buildings which inspired others to pursue in social work.

Describe Progressive Children’s reforms:
They wanted to improve the lives of children which included trying to ban child labor. They also wanted to improve the education of children.

Describe Progressive Industrial Workers Reform: What was the leading cause of it?
The leading causes of the industrial workers reform was poor conditions that the workers worked in poor ventilation, hazardous fumes, and unsafe machinery. The reform was to basically change all of those causes above.

Describe gov reforms during progressive era:
The states wanted to take power from political bosses and give citizens a way to make sure officials followed their wishes.

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-
After election of 1876 feds withdraw from South allowing South to enact segregation laws.


Describe how the NAACP started and its mission
Riots started the NAACP. To from AA from restrsints.