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Progressive Movement
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was the Progressive era? | The Progressive era was when America entered the 20th century. |
| What helped many people but also created dangerous working environments and unhealthy living conditions for the urban poor? | Industrialization |
| What are some problems of the 1890's? | -Huge gap between the rich and poor -Tremendous econimic and political power of the rich - Wealthy were insensitively flaunting their wealth infront of poor people -Industrial workers hideously poor, living in filh & working in dangerus conditions |
| Who wrote How The Other Half Lives? | Jacob Riis |
| Muckrakers exposed what? | They exposed the socail, political, and economical shortflls of industrialization in hops to "clean" up society. |
| Who are some influential muckrakers? | -Jacob Riis -Lewis Hines -Ida Tarbll -Lincoln Steffens -Upton Sinclair |
| What did Jacob Riis do as a muckraker? | He exposed slums through magazines and pictures. |
| What did Lewis Hines do as a muckraker? | He exposed the horrors of child labor with pictures. |
| What did Ida Tarball do as a muchraker? | He exposed monopoly cut throat tactics to acuire power (Standard Oil Company) and frightened the middle class of their power. |
| What did Lincoln Steffens do as a muckraker? | He exposed the currupt government in the cities. |
| What did Upton Sinclair do as a muchraker? | His gol was to expose the unsanitary conditions of meatpacking plants. |
| What is the Square Deal? | It allowed fair and equal treatment for all. |
| Who spent a lot of attention on regulating corporations? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| what did the Square Deal promise? | It promised to, "see that each is given a square deal, because he is entitled to no more and should recevive no less." |
| Trusts controlled how much of the U.S industries? | 80 percent |
| What did Roosevelt do to spilt up monopolies and to limit power? | He filed 44 anotitrust suits. |
| What are the 4 goals of reformers? | 1) Potect socail welfare 2)Promote moral improvement 3)Create econimic reform 4)Political corruption |
| What is a direct primary? | When voters select a party's candidate for public office. |
| What is a secret ballot? | When people vote privately without fear of coercion. |
| What is an initiative? | It allows citizens to propose new laws. |
| What is the rederendum? | It allows citisens to vote on a proposed or existing law. |
| What is recall? | It allows voters to remove an lected official for of office. |
| What are the 4 amendments added to the constitution durng the progressive era and explain them? | -16th~ federal income tax -17th~ direct election of senators -18th~ prohibition -19th~ vote for women |
| What did the Sherman Anti-Trust do? | It prevents and business structures that restrains trade. |
| What does the Clayton Anti-Trust do? | It expanded Sherman by outlawing price fixing. |
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