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US History
Progressive Era
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Populist Party | consisting of mostly farmers, its main goal was to increase political power of farmers with the eliminating the gold standard and additionally adding silver coinage |
| The Grange | the first national farm organization which aimed to help farmers during times of deflation |
| The Farmer's Alliance | an alliance to support farmers during times of economic crisis |
| Lewis Hine | muckraker, photographer, took photos of child labor and unsafe working conditions to inspire reform |
| Upton Sinclair | muckraker, writer on "The Jungle", went undercover to a meat packing plant and wrote about the unsanitary and unsafe aspects of the industry |
| Thomas Nast | muckraker, drew political cartoons exposing political corrupt, most known for exposing party boss William Tweed |
| Jacob Riis | muckraker, writer of "How the Other Half Lives", exposing the living conditions of the urban poor |
| Frank Norris | muckraker, writer of "The Octopus", compared the railroad industry to the strangling arms of an octopus |
| Ida Tarbell | muckraker, wrote "History of the Standard Oil Company", showed Rockefeller's ruthless business tactics used to gain power |
| Willam Tweed | referred to as "Boss Tweed" for his political power, helped people gets housing, jobs, and loans, but with devious intentions to bribe voters among other schemes within Tammany Ring |
| Farmer's Struggles | High shipping costs using railroads, protective tariffs raised manufacturing prices, widespread debt, deflation/gold standard |
| Munn v Illinois | States could regulate railroads because it involved public interests |
| Wabash v Illinois | States could not regulate trade across states |
| William Jennings Bryan | populist presidential candidate |
| Free Coinage of Silver | Proposed by Jennings to have the economy to be backed by both gold and silver to increase the amount of money in circulation and help them pay back their loans |
| Gilded Age Problems | Child labor, unsafe and unsanitary working conditions, pollution and poor waste management, overcrowded cities, farmers suffered from deflation, crime, alcoholism, unregulated businesses, and political corruption |
| Tenement House Bill | required tenements to be built around open courtyards and contain one bathroom for every 3 rooms |
| Waste Management Reform | taxpayer money funds garbage collection to keep cities clean |
| Trustbusting | thought that their were both good and bad trusts, good ones should be regulated while bad one should be done away with |
| The Square Deal | Implemented by Theodore Roosevelt: Trustbusting, RR regulations, Environment Conservation, Consumer Protection |
| Consumer Protection | Required safe and clean production of products |
| Environment Conservation | strived to sustainably use our natural resources, inspired the Antiquities Act |
| Antiquities Act | gives the president the power to set aside public land |
| Regulating Railroads | ensuring fair charging and use of railroads to all |
| Meat Inspection Act | new rules for safety and cleanliness and strict inspections |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | outlawed the sale of tainted foods and required ingredient labels |
| Hepburn Act | gave the Interstate Commerce Commission to regulate RR |
| Elkins Act | prevented RR rebates |
| Triangle Shirtwaist Fire | a fire broke out on this Shirtwaist Factory and spread quickly due to the abundance of flammable materials, exits weren't available and many women weren't able to escape, led to the creation of fire codes |
| Pendleton Civil Service Act | created civil service commission |
| Laissez-Faire | hands off, government wasn't involved in business affairs |
| Graduated Income Tax | reform to taxing system, those with more money paid more in taxes |
| Gold Standard | American economy was only backed by gold, this hurt farmers who wanted it to be backed by silver as well |
| Sherman Anti-Trust Act | rid of trusts that were no good, implemented by Teddy Roosevelt |
| 16th Amendment |
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