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Progressive Mov't
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the progressive Movement? | The period which sought to reform society by fixing all the social problems caused by the industrial revolution and end the unequal distribution of wealth |
| Why was the middle class angry? | Poor working conditions, living in filth, and low wages |
| What were the four goals of the progressive movement? | Protect social welfare, promote moral improvement,create economic reform, and political corruption |
| Protect Social Welfare | Get Rid of the conditions in society that make life hard and create an even distribution of wealth |
| Promote Moral Improvement | Don't allow society to get any worse |
| Create Economic Reform | help make business better for the people |
| Political Corruption | give power to the people |
| What was the purpose of Muckrakers? | make people aware of the bad in society and urge them to change it |
| What were the 6 political reforms that took place to bring "democracy" back into the U.S. during the progressive Movement. | Direct primary, 17th Amendment,secret ballot, initiative,referendum, recall |
| Direct Primary | voters select a party's candidate for public office |
| 17th Amendment | voters select their senator directly |
| Secret Ballot | people vote privately without fear of coercion |
| Initiative | allows citizens to propose new laws |
| Referendum | allows citizens to vote on a proposed or existing law |
| Recall | allows voters to remove an elected official from office |
| What were the four amendments added tot the U.S. Constitution during the Progressive Movement? | 16th, 17th, 18th, and 19th |
| 16th Amendment | Federal Income Tax |
| 18th Amendment | Prohibition |
| 19th Amendment | Woman's Suffrage |
| Who was the "Trust Buster"? | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | Prevents any business structure from restraining trade |
| Clayton Anti-Trust Act | expands Sherman by outlawing price fixing |
| Keating-Owens Act | Forbids "interstate" transportation of products made in factories employing children under 14 years of age |
| Prohibition | Rid society of the "root" of all problems |
| Woman's Suffrage | Woman's right to vote |
| Tenement Act | Install lighting in hallways and one toilet for every two families |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | outlawed food and drugs containing harmful ingredients and required food containers to list ingredients |
| Meat Inspection Act | required federal government to inspect meat shipped across state line and made meat processing plants cleaner |
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