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Settlement Houses
Reformist social movement with the goal of getting the rich and poor to live more closely together in an interdependent community. -
Social Gospel
Protestant movement that applied christian ethics to social problems, especially issues of social injustice such as economic inequality, poverty, alcoholism, crime, racial tensions, slums, unclean environment, child labor, inadequate labor unions, poor schools, and the danger of war. -
Progressive Era
Movement from the 1890’s to the 1920’s to support widespread social activism and political reform across the United States. The main objectives were to eliminate caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, and political/economic corruption in government from the gilded age. -
Muckrakers
Journalists who attacked the business and government leaders as corrupt in order to raise awareness of the many issues left over from the Gilded Age. -
Prohibition/Temperance
The movement to ban the sale and consumption of alcohol, which went into effect with the 18th amendment in 1920. -
Woman's Suffrage
The right to vote for women, given by the 19th amendment in 1920.
