A | B |
Union | a group of workers joined together to protect and promote their interests |
AFL | American Federation of Labor - an organization which concentrated its efforts on helping workers gain higher wages and better working conditions |
Homestead Strike | a labor dispute in 1892 in which steel workers lost union representation until the late 1930's |
Muckraker | writers, mostly journalists, who published th eills of public life |
Progressive Movement | efforts which inspired reforms to address social problems in America, such as the urban slums |
segregation | forced separation of people of different races in public places |
Jim Crow Laws | a restriction passed in the South after reconstruction to segregate the races |
NAACP | National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; An organization committed to achieving political, educational, and civil equality for African Americans |
Booker T. Washington | believed equality could be achieved through vocational education; accepted social separation |
W.E.B. Du Bois | believed in full political, civil, and social rights for African Americans |
Temperance Movement | movement promoted by organizations, which urged resistance to the use of alcohol, supported the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) |
Women's Suffrage | women who fought for and won the right to vote; Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
18th amendment | prohibited the sale, transport, and manufacturing of alcohol |
19th amendment | gave women the right to vote |