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The Progressive Movement
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- 1Progressivismreform movement that believed the solution to social problems lay in a more active government
- 2Muckrakersjournalists who investigated social conditions & political corruption
- 3Robert La FolleteRepublican governor of Wisconsin who attacked the way political parties ran their conventions & introduced direct primary
- 4Direct PrimaryParty election in which all party members vote for someone to run in the general election
- 5InitiativeReform that allowed citizens to introduce a legislation and have the legislature vote on it
- 6Referndumreform that allowed proposed legislation to be submitted to the voters for approval
- 7Recallreform that allowed voters to demand a special election to remove an elected official from office before their term ended
- 8Suffrageright to vote
- 9Prohibitionlaws banning the manufacture, sale, or consumption of alcohol
- 10Progressive Party"Bull Moose Party."
Roosevelt - 11New FreedomWoodrow Wilson's suggested reform programs
- 12Income Taxdirect tax on the earnings of individuals and corporations
- 13National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)association formed in 1909 to bring an end to racial discremintation
- 14syndicatea business group
- 15insubordinationdisobedience
- 16Square Dealreform programs of Pres. Roosevelt
- 17Norther Securitiesa giant holding company broken up by Roosevelt.
- 18Union Mine Workersa union for mine workers
- 19abitrationa settlement imposed by an outside party
- 20Hepburn Acta law intended to strengthen the Interstate Commerce Commission
- 21Upton Sinclairauthor of "The Jungle" which described horrible conditions in the meatpacking industry
- 22Where was the commission plan first used?Galveston, Texas in 1901
- 23What did Alice Paul have women do to try and persuade the president to support women's suffrage?A march in Washington, DC
Hunger Strike - 24"trustbuster"Theodore Roosevelt
- 25Why did Roosevelt have a problem with Northern Securities?He believed that the company went against the Sherman Antitrust Act
- 26What 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 - 27What 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 - 28Meat Inspection Actfederal inspection of meat sold & it set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
- 29Pure Food and Drug ActProhibited manufacture, sale, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs
- 30How did the progressives feel about Cannon?They wanted to unseat him because he had too much power
- 31Gifford 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 - 32What act was the Income Tax placed under?Underwood Tariff
- 33Adamson ActEstablished 8 hour work day for railroad workers.
- 34Candidates in the 1912 election and what party they belonged toTheodore Roosevelt- Progressive "Bull Moose" party
Woodrow Wilson- Democratic
William Taft- Republican - 3517th Amendmentrequired direct election of senators
- 3614 & 15th Amendmentsprotect voting rights of African American's
- 3719th Amendmentwomen suffrage
- 3818th AmendmentProhibition
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- 9th grade US History Fichas sobre The Progressive Movement, creado por Daniel Gage el 12/10/2016.
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