Who was involved in the Social Welfare Movement? |
Young Men's Christian Association, Florence Kelley, and the Salvation Army. |
What government act did the Social Welfare movement create? |
Illinois Factory Act of 1893 |
What other things did the Social Welfare movement do besides the act? |
Opened libraries, sponsored classes, built swimming pools and handball courts, fed the poor, cared for children, and helped poor immigrants. |
Who was involved in the Moral reform movement? |
Women's Christian Temperance Union, Frances Willard, and the Anti-Saloon League. |
What women's group became the largest women's group in American history? How many member did it have by the year 1911? |
Women's Christian Temperance Union, 245,000 members. |
What things did the Moral reform movement do? |
Urged saloonkeepers to stop selling alcohol, and worked for suffrage. |
Who was involved in the Economic reform movement? |
Eugene V. Debs, muckrakers, and Ida M. Tarbell. |
Who were muckrakers? |
Journalists that exposed bad things going on in the United States through their writing. |
What party did the Economic reform movement organize in the year 1901? |
American Socialist Party |
What concept did the muckrakers criticize and what aspects of it did it criticize? |
Big Business and the methods it used to abominate competition. |
Who was involved in the Movement for Industrial Efficiency? |
Louis D. Brandels and Frederick Winslow Taylor Henry Ford |
What concept did Frederick Winslow Taylor Henry Ford found? |
"Taylorism" |
What was "Taylorism"? |
The scientific management study that involved breaking down tasks to see how quickly they can be performed. |
What success did the Movement for Industrial Efficiency experience? |
Improved efficiency by breaking down tasks into smaller parts, and a reduced workday of only 8 hours and $5 a day. |
Who was involved in the movement to protect workers? |
National Child Labor Committee |
What government act did the movement to protect workers create? |
Keating-Owen Act of 1916, which prohibited the transportation of goods produced by children across state lines as a way to ban child labor. |
Who was involved in the movements to reform local governments? |
Texas legislature, five-member commission of experts, and the city of Galveston, Texas. |
What happened to the city of Galveston, Texas? |
It was destroyed by a tidal wave during a hurricane. |
What happened as a result of this natural disaster? |
Commission was taken as a form of government, a city council was formed, and the commission was administering cities by 1925. |
Who was involved in the state reform of big business? |
Robert M. La Follete, Charles B. Aycock, and James S. Hogg. |
What did the state reform of big business do? |
Regulated big business, taxed railroad property at the same rate as other business property, set up commission to regular rates, and forbade railroads to give free passes to state officials. |
Who was involved in the movement for election reform? |
William S. U'Ren, Oregon |
What did the movement for election reform do? |
Adapted secret ballot, the initiative, the referendum, and the recall. |
What did the movement for election reform do for citizens? |
It gave citizens the right to vote. |
How many states adopted this procedure? By what year did they do so? |
20 states, 1920. |