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U.S. History
Progressivism Study Guide (Test Wednesday)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Social Gospel Movement | A movement that believed that Christians must help relive suffering and end poverty |
| What are Muckrakers? | These people were Journalist |
| How did the Muckrakers help American Society? | These were people who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines during the 20th century |
| The Jungle | Written by Uptin Sinclair, this book exposed the filth and unsanitary conditions in meat-packing plants |
| Poll Tax | Keeping African Americans from voting |
| 17th amendment | Election of the U.S senators by people rather than by state legislatures |
| Women's suffrage | The right to vote in political elections |
| Why was teddy Roosevelt known as the trustbuster? | because he actively used the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890 to challenge and break up powerful corporate monopolies. |
| Sherman Anti-trust act | Against railroads, beef, oil, tobacco, and other trusts |
| How did teddy Roosevelt feel about conservation? | He went against conservation and said that natural resources should be managed wisely |
| 16th Amendment | Allowed for income taxes |
| Election of 1912 | Election between Woodraw wilson and TR |
| Federal Trade Act | To investigate unfair business's |
| Clayton Antitrust act | Strengthens the Sherman trust Act by stopping companies from buying stock and monopolies |
| Federal Reserve System | To impose the nations banking practices and organizations |
| 19th Amendment | Gave women the right to vote |