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Aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices in American life | Progressive Movement |
Farmers who were apart of the Progressive Movement | Populist |
4 goals of Progressivism | Protecting Social Welfare, Promoting Moral Improvement, Creating Economic Reform, Fostering Efficiency |
Created the Hull House | Jane Addams |
Two areas created to help with social welfare? | YMCA and Salvation Army |
What was pushed to help moral improvement? | Prohibition |
Journalist who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life? | Muckrakers |
Wrote The Jungle? | Upton Sinclair |
What part of society was The Jungle exposing? | Meat Packing Industry |
Who helped improve efficiency during this period? | Henry Ford |
What did Ford use to help he be successful in the auto industry? | Assembly Line |
What was used to get people to support the causes of the Progressive Movement? | Photos |
What did workers get during this period? | Short work days and workers' compensation if hurt on the job |
What system is implemeneted to challenge the political machine? | Primary system |
Which amendment changes the elections of Senators from state legislators appointments to direct vote? | 17th Amendment |
Who was a key person for the push for women's suffeage? | Susan B. Anthony |
What does suffrage mean? | Right to vote |
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire | Tragedy against women workers that leads to refrom of working and safety conditions in factories |
What allows Theodore Roosevelt to become President? | President McKinley is assassinated |
Why was Theodore Roosevelt Vice President? | People of New York couldn't stand him so they put him there to stop his Progressive agenda |
What did Roosevelt propose to make sure common people were given a fair chance? | Square Deal |
How did Roosevelt feel about the power of the federal government? | He wanted to expand it |
Who did Roosevelt go after with his trustbusting agenda? | Big business, robber barons |
What did Roosevelt pass after reading Upton Sinclair's book? | Meat Inspection Act |
What did Roosevelt pass that required truth in labeling of products? | Pure Food and Drug Act |
The Pure Food and Drug Act leads to the creation of what group? | Food and Drug Administration |
What did Roosevelt do to protect our natural resources? | Conservation of land |
Who does Roosevelt pick as his successor? | William Taft |
What happens to the Republican party during Taft's presidency? | There is a split between the progressives and the conservatives |
Why does Taft lose re-election? | Roosevelt decides to run for a 3rd term, but he runs as a part of the Bull Moose Party |
Why does Roosevelt running cause Taft to lose? | Taft and Roosevelt split the Republican vote, which allows Wilson to win the presidency |
Who becomes President after Taft? | Woodrow Wilson |
What does Wilson create that is a watchdog agency for business affairs? | Federal Trade Commission |
The Clayton Antitrust Act and the Sherman Antitrust Act were used to go after who? | Big Business |
What amendment was passed creating a federal income tax? | 16th Amendment |
Why was a federal income tax needed? | There was a loss of revenue from Wilson lowering tarriffs |
What does Wilson pass to help out the banking industry | Federal Reserve Act |
What does the Federal Reserve Act create? | A federal reserve bank, that will be the US bank and protect banks from closing and make paper currency |
Who wanted the US to move away from the gold standard? | William Jennings Bryan |
Who were the people that mostly made up the Progressive movement? | Reporters, social workers, business people, teachers |
Who's photos showed the harsh living and working conditions of immigrants? | Jacob Riis |