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maxush-Progressivism
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Collection of different ideas about how to fix the problems of society, generally they believed the government should take a more active role | progressivism |
| Journalists that wrote about the problems of society, hoped that exposing problems would lead to a solution | muckraker |
| Muckraker, wrote about life in immigrant neighborhoods | Jacob Riis |
| Believed government should be more efficient, experts should be used instead of politicians | progressives |
| Board of commissioners divide and oversee the various aspects of city government | commission plan |
| Mayor and Council are elected to run the city | mayor-council plan |
| Council elected and hires a city manager to run day to day operations of the city | council-manager plan |
| Leading progressive, governor and senator from Wisconsin, known for the "Wisconsin Idea" | Robert La Follette |
| election to choose candidates | direct primary |
| the people propose legislation | initiative |
| the people vote on legislation | referendum |
| an election to remove an elected official from office | recall |
| Provides for the direct election of senators | 17th Amendment |
| right to vote, not given to women | suffrage |
| Proposed that women should work towards the right to vote at Women's rights convention in 1848 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton |
| helped to organize first women's rights convention in 1848 | Lucretia Mott |
| Opportunity for womens rights that failed after Civil War | 14/15 Amendments |
| One of founders of the National Woman Suffrrage Association | Susan B. Anthony |
| Promoted the idea of an amendment for women's suffrage | National Woman Suffrage Association |
| Organized protests for women's rights and formed National Woman's Party | Alice Paul |
| Organized many protests to draw attention to the women's rights issue | National Woman's party |
| Ratified in 1920, guaranteed women's right to vote | 19th Amendment |
| worked to put an end to child labor | National Child Labor Committee |
| Many times unsafe machinery, low pay, long hours, children used in smaller cramped spaces, less pay | working conditions |
| movement to eliminate alcoholic beverages, believed caused many of societal problems | temperence |
| Originally formed to reduce alcohol consumption, later called for prohibition | Women's Christian Temperence Union |
| banning the manufacture, sale, or consumption of alcohol | prohibition |
| Some progressives wanted to break up big business, others wanted federal government to regulate business | Big Business |
| belief that government should own and operate industry for the community, few progressives supported | socialism |
| Led the American Socialist Party, ran for President numerous times | Eugene V. Debs |
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