Karteikarten
The Progressive Movement
Karten in diesem Stapel (50)
- 1Progressivismreform movement that believed the solution to social problems lay in a more active government
- 2Muckrakersjournalists who investigated social conditions & political corruption
- 3Jacob Riismuckraker who wrote about poor condition facing immigrants in NYC
- 4Commission PlanA system of city government in which a board of commissioners with expertise in city services hires specialists to run city departments
- 5Robert La FolleteRepublican governor of Wisconsin who attacked the way political parties ran their conventions & introduced direct primary
- 6Direct PrimaryParty election in which all party members vote for someone to run in the general election
- 7InitiativeReform that allowed citizens to introduce a legislation and have the legislature vote on it
- 8Referndumreform that allowed proposed legislation to be submitted to the voters for approval
- 9Recallreform that allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before their term ended
- 10Suffrageright to vote
- 11Alice Paulsuffragist who formed the National Woman's Party
- 12Temperancemoderation or elimination of alcohol
- 13Prohibitionlaws banning the manufacture, sale, or consumption of alcohol
- 14socialismidea that the government should own and operate industry for the community as a whole
- 15Progressive Party"Bull Moose Party."
Roosevelt - 16New Nationalismsuggested reform programs of Roosevelt in the 1912 election
- 17New FreedomWoodrow Wilson's suggested reform programs
- 18Income Taxdirect tax on the earnings of individuals and corporations
- 19Federal Reserve Actlaw that set up a central banking system in 1913
- 20Federal Trade Commissionagency created by Congress to monitor American business
- 21Unfair Trade Practicesbusiness practices that unfairly limited competition
- 22National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)association formed in 1909 to bring an end to racial discremintation
- 23Joseph G. CannonSpeaker of the House under Pres. Taft
- 24Payne-Aldrich Tariffa law passed during the Taft administration that didn't effectively lower tariffs
- 25Richard BallingerTaft's secretary of he interior who was a conservative corporate lawyer
- 26syndicatea business group
- 27insubordinationdisobedience
- 28Square Dealreform programs of Pres. Roosevelt
- 29Norther Securitiesa giant holding company broken up by Roosevelt.
- 30Union Mine Workersa union for mine workers
- 31abitrationa settlement imposed by an outside party
- 32Hepburn Acta law intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission
- 33Upton Sinclairauthor of "The Jungle" which described horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry
- 34Where was the commission plan first used?Galveston, Texas in 1901
- 35What did Alice Paul have women do to try and persuade the president to support women's suffrage?A march in Washington, DC
Hunger Strike - 36"trustbuster"Theodore Roosevelt
- 37Why did Roosevelt have a problem with Northern Securities?He believed that the company went against the Sherman Antitrust Act
- 38What did the United Mine workers want? Where were they located? Why did Roosevelt get involved? What was the outcome?Workers wanted shorter hours & more pay.
Eastern, PA
If the mines shut down, the company would shut down
Roosevelt threatened for the military to come in and workers agreed to Roosevelt's terms - 39What was "The Jungle" about? What laws were passed because of this?"The Jungle" was about the poor conditions in Chicago's slaughter house.
Meat Inspection Act & Pure Food and Drug Act - 40Meat Inspection Actfederal inspection of meat sold & it set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
- 41Pure Food and Drug ActProhibited manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs
- 42How did the progressives feel about Cannon?They wanted to unseat him because he had too much power
- 43Gifford PinchotAccused Ballinger of turning public lands in Alaska over to private business groups.
Charges were false and Taft fires him.
Head of U.S. Forest Service - 44What act was the Income Tax placed under?Underwood Tariff
- 45Adamson ActEstablished 8 hour work day for railroad workers.
- 46Candidates in the 1912 election and what party they belonged toTheodore Roosevelt- Progressive "Bull Moose" party
Woodrow Wilson- Democratic
William Taft- Republican - 4717th Amendmentrequired direct election of senators
- 4814 & 15th Amendmentsprotect voting rights of African American's
- 4919th Amendmentwomen suffrage
- 5018th AmendmentProhibition
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- Karteikarten am The Progressive Movement, erstellt von brianagallagher1 am 07/10/2013.
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