Vocabulary presentation talking about the Progressive Era.

1. Social Darwinism
• The application of evolutionary themes into
society and politics.

2. Americanization
• Process of an immigrant sharing American
values, beliefs and customs and is
assimilated into American society.

3. Social Gospel
• Protestant Christian movement applying
Christian ethics to social problems.

4. Billy Sunday
• American athlete who became the most
famous evangelist (Christian Gospel) during
the first two decades of the 20th century.

5. 16th Amendment
• Set forth rights towards criminal
prosecutions.

6. Populism
• Political ideology in which the people takes
“sides” with others against the “elites”.

7. Children’s Bureau
• Department dedicated to improving child
abuse issues, as well as handling adoption
and foster care.

8. John Muir
• Early advocate of the preservation of
wilderness. His activism helped to preserve
the Yosemite Valley and Sequoia National
Park.

9. Dwight L. Moody
• American evangelist who founded the
Moody Church, Northfield School and
Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts.

10. The Panama Canal
• It connects the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.

11. The Erie Canal
• Waterway in New York spanning 363 miles
and connecting the Atlantic Ocean to the
Great Lakes.

12. Muckrakers
• Refers to reform-minded journalism.

13. Ida Tarbell
• American teacher and well known
muckraker who was very influential during
the Progressive Era.