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What is progressivism?
Collection of ideas and activities, not a tightly organized political movement
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Why did progressivism emerge?
Growth of industry
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Did progressivism have set goal or was it a response to something?
No set goals, a response to problems in American Society
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What is Laissez-faire Economics?
No government interaction
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How did progressivism come from laissez-faire economics?
Government could not address problems
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What is a muckraker?
Journalist who exposes social conditions
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What do Mackrakers focus on?
Unfair practices of large corporations
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What is Direct Primary?
All party members vote for nominees
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What is Initiative?
Permits citizens to introduce bills and requires the legislature to vote on it
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What is Referendum?
Allows citizens to vote on proposed laws directly
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What is Recall?
Voters could demand a special election to remove an elected official from office
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How did the changes from Direct primary, initiative, referendum, and recall impact democracy in the US?
Gave everyone a say in society
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What is suffrage?
The right to vote
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What were some of the early challenges suffragists faced?
Threatened and attacked
Called unfeminine and immoral
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What were the two main groups in the Suffrage movement?
National Womens Suffrage Association
American Women's Suffrage Association
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Who were the key founders of the 2 main groups of the Suffrage movement?
NWSA- Susan B. Anthony
AWSA- Lucy Stone, Julia Warde Howe
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What is the 19th Ammendment?
Womens right to vote
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What was the Child Labor Movement?
Most emotional campaign
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What changes resulted form the child labor movement?
Age restrictions and education requirements
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What was the Triangle Shirt waist fire?
150 women killed in a 18 min fire
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What changes resulted form the triangle ahirtwaist fire?
Building codes- sanitation, worker protection, insurance funds
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What was prohibition?
Blamed alcohol for society's problems
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What was the 18th Ammendment?
Banning of alcohol consumption, sales, and manufacturing
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What was the 21st Ammendment?
Repealed with the 18th
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Who were the 3 progresskve presidents?
Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson
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What is Social Darwinism?
Only the strongest will survive?
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What did Roosevelt believe social darwinism meant for all nations?
All nations are in competitions
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After the Northern Securities vs The United States case, Roosevelt was known as what?
Trust Buster
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What federal commission did Roosevelt allow to set prices and regulate business for the railroad?
Interstate commerce commission
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1) What act was created because of the fraud and poor regulation of the meat and drug companies?
2) what administration did this act lead to?
1) Pure food and drug act
2) Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
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What did Roosevelt use federal funds to do with conservation in mind?
Irrigation systems, land development projects, protect natural resources, managed timber industry
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How much land did Roosevelt use to establish National Parks?
100 million acres
(5 national parks and 51 wildlife reserves)
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What did President Taft establish to combat child labor?
Children's Bureau
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What happened in the election of 1912 that allowed Wilson to win?
Republics Roosevelt and Taft split, making more voted to allow Wilson to win
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What type of tax did Wilson support?
Income taxes
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How did Income taxes work?
People taxed based off of their yearly income wages, richer people= higher taxes, poor people= lower taxes
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What Ammendment established these taxes in the US?
16th
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What system did Wilson create to strengthen US banks and money circulation?
Federal Reserve System
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What could the Federal Reserve Syestem do?
12 reserve banks, all banks kept some of their cash in one of the 12