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- 1Sherman Antitrust Act Clayton Antitrust Act Interstate Commerce Commission-these are federal laws passed in order to restrict big business and help the american consumer
- 2Populist-the populist were a third party prominent in national politics in the 1890s . they were made up of farmers and working class people.
- populists wanted free coinage of silver instead of the gold standard. they thought it would set off inflation and help them be able to pay off their loans
-populists wanted gov. to regulate the railroads, a secret ballot, direct election of senators, and a 8 hours workday.
-the legacy of populist is that many of their proposed reforms were eventually made into law. - 3William Jennings Bryan- William Jennings Bryan ran for pres. in 1896 against republican William McKinley.
he made a famous cross of gold speech arguing for the free coinage of silver so as not to "crucify mankind on a cross of gold" - 4Muckrakers-muckrakers were progressive writers who sought to uncover abuses of industrialization.
-Jacob Riis: photos of the inner cities in how the other half lives
-Lincoln Steffens: the shame f the cities
-Ida Tarbell: expose on standard oil
-Upton Sinclair: wrote the jungle about the meat packing industry - 5Progressive Reformers- Jane Addams: opened hull house to help immigrants assimilate
-Mother Jones : worked to help labor - 6Booker t. Washington & W.E.B. DuBois-Booker T. Washington=opened tuskegee institute to help blacks get a job. he was labeled an accommodation because he wanted blacks to get a job first and worry about equality later.
-W.E.B. DuBois = started the NAACP and wanted blacks to quickly achieve full equality - 7Women's Rights-suffrage= right of women to vote
-1848 at the Seneca falls convention organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton, the suffragettes signed the declaration of sentiments
-Susan B. Anthony was arrested for attempting to vote in Rochester, New York
- some states in the west gave women rights earlier than in the east
-19th amend. finally gave women the right to vote nationwide. - 8Initiative , Referendum, Recall-Initiative= voter can suggest laws
-Referendum= an idea can go to the voters of an area to decide
-recall= voter can recall (remove) someone for service - 9Progressive Amendments-16th = graduated income tax
-17th =direct election of senators
-18th= prohibition
-19th= women have the right to vote - 10Progressive Legislation-pure food & drug act
-meat inspection act
- federal reserve act= divided the nation into federal reserve districts
-created the federal reserve board hose job is to control the money supply by raising / lowering interest rates
-low interest rates stimulate spending: high interest rates make people not spend money
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