Progressive Era - Key Concepts

Wisconsin Idea

Link WI government & UW-Madison
4 main points -
Primaries: elections within parties for general election candidates
Initiative: government hears the people (private citizens) voice on starting laws
Referendum: allow the people to make the decisions on certain issues
Recall: petition to get a different candidate into office after an election occurs

Muckrakers

journalists/novelists that sought to expose corruption within big business and government

Square Deal

Goals of Theodore Roosevelt
Three Cs - conservation of natural resources, control corporations, and consumer protection

New Freedom

ideaology of Wilson

Sherman Anti Trust Act

Ability to break up trusts; they are broken up because of bad behavior

USS Maine

Ship that sank at the outbreak of the Spanish–American War

Yellow Journalism

a style of reporting that emphasized sensationalism instead of facts

Bull Moose Party

Progessive 3rd party; Roosevelt ran for president (3rd term) as this b/c Robert Lafollette got pneumonia

Socialism

Economic philosophy that wants social owership of the means of production instead of private ownership

Tuskegee Institute

HBCU; created to provide education for POC (tech school)

NAACP

National Association for Advancement of Colored People

Trusts

Corporations/Monopoly

Graduated Income Tax

system of tax brackets where tax rates increase as income increases

Tariff

tax on goods/services

Referendum

*see WI idea

Rough Riders

First U.S. Volunteer Cavalry; led by Theodore Roosevelt

Suffrage

voting rights; expansion of voting rights (women, POC, etc.)

Salad Bowl Theory

integration of the many different cultures into United States; don't give up your heritage and can see all the diverse components in the country

Ellis Island

Largest and most active immigration station in the US

Melting Pot Theory

melted into American society; giving up their heritage of their native lands

Pure Food and Drug Act

prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce; led to the creation of the FDA