1. Progressive Era Vocabulary Late1800s to early 1900s

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

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

4. Crowded urban factories.
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 illegal.

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

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

12. So that’s why they call them Bootleggers!

13. Illegal transportation, distribution, and sale of alcohol.
11. Smuggle
Illegal transportation, distribution, and sale of alcohol.

14. 12. 18th Amendment
This Constitutional amendment prohibited the transportation, distribution , and sale of alcohol.

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

16. Repealed the 18th amendment.
st Amendment
Repealed the 18th amendment.

17. 15. Suffrage
The right to vote.

18. Granted women suffrage (the right to vote).
th Amendment
Granted women suffrage (the right to vote).

19. 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.

20. 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.