UNIT 3 progressivism

Question	Answer
*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

Resource summary

	Created by KAYDEN CRANE about 7 years ago