Progressivism Vocab

Pregunta	Respuesta
Tenements	Slum apartments in cities Example: the apartment they live in in The Jungle
Graft	Political corruption to gain money Example: taking bribes
Reform	To change for the better Example: Passing the "meat inspection act"
Populism	More power to ordinary people Example: 17th amendment allows for the direct election of senators
Progressivism	Fixing society with government change Example: passing the prohibition of alcohol (18th amendment)
Americanization	Immigrants learning to be "American"
Public Education	Government run schools Example: Lancaster City Schools
Environmental Regulations	Laws about how environment's treated Example: It's illegal to dump waste from your factory into rivers
Conservation	Protecting and preserving the environment Example: President Teddy Roosevelt established many national parks and protected wilderness areas
Suffrage	The right to vote
Susan B. Anthony	Fought for women's rights (especially voting)
19th Amendment	Granted women the right to vote
Sherman Antitrust Act	Anti-monopoly law from 1890
Clayton Antitrust Act	Stopped Monopolies merging & helped labor unions
Muckrakers	Journalists who exposed wrongdoing Example: Upton Sinclair (wrote The Jungle)
Theodore Roosevelt	Progressive President: fought for conservation
Federal Reserve System	Central Bank created to protect banks from failing
Sixteenth Amendment	Allowed income tax

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