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AC US History
Progressive Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name one problem that lead to progressivism. | -work conditions -rights for women and children -crime -urban conditions -social welfare |
| Name a problem of the 1890's. | -huge gap between rich and poor -tremendous economic & political power of the rich -wealther people tended to flaunt their money -industrial workers were hideously poor |
| What were the four goals of reformers? | 1. Protect social welfare 2. Promote moral improvement 3. Create economic reform 4. Political corruption |
| What were the journalists and urban photographers called who exposed people to the plight of the unfourtunate in hopes of sparking reform? | Muckrakers |
| What were some political reforms? | -tried to put more power in the hands of the people -innovative changes in city government -more fair elections |
| Whats a direct primary? | Where voters select a party's candidate for public office. |
| Whats the 17th amendment? | Where voters elect their senators directly. |
| Whats a secret ballot? | Where people vote privately without fear of coercion |
| What does initative mean? | It allows citizens to propose new laws. |
| What does referendum mean? | It allows citizens to vote on a proposed or existing law. |
| What does recall mean? | It allows voters to remove an elected official from office. |
| The Sherman anti-trust was..? | It was to prevent any businesses structures that restrains trade. |
| The Clayton anti-trust was..? | It was to expand Sherman by outlawing price fixing. |
| What were some social & moral reforms? | -child labor laws -limit working hours & minimum wages -workers compensation -Keating-Owens Act of 1916 -prohibition initatives -minimum safty standards on the job -minimum standards for housing codes -city beautification |
| Which president is known as the "trust buster?" | President Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Define the pure food and drug act. | Outlawed food and drugs containing harmful ingredients and required containers to list ingredients. |
| Define meat inspection act. | Required federal government inspections of meant shipped across state lines and made meat processing plants cleaner. |
| Whats the 16th Amendment? | Federal income tax. |
| Whats the 18th Amendment? | Prohibition. |
| Whats the 19th Amendment? | Vote for women. |
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