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Karteikarten von KAYDEN CRANE, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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| Frage | Antworten |
| *Tenements | • Slum apartments in cities • Example: the apartment they live in in The Jungle |
| Graft | Political corruption to gain money Example: taking bribes |
| *Reform | • To change for the better • Example: Passing the “meat inspection act” |
| *Populism | • More power to ordinary people • Example: 17th amendment allows for the direct election of senators |
| *Progressivism | • Fixing society with government change • Example: passing the prohibition of alcohol (18th amendment) |
| *Americanization | • Immigrants learning to be “American” |
| Public Education | • Government run schools • Example: Lancaster City Schools |
| Environmental regulations | • Laws about how environment’s treated • Example: It’s illegal to dump waste from your factory into rivers |
| Conservation | • Protecting and preserving the environment • Example: President Teddy Roosevelt established many national parks and protected wilderness areas |
| *Suffrage | • The right to vote |
| Susan B. Anthony | Fought for women’s rights (especially voting) |
| *19th Amendment | • Granted women the right to vote |
| Sherman Antitrust Act | • Anti-monopoly law from 1890 |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | • Stopped Monopolies merging & helped labor unions |
| Muckrakers | • Journalists who exposed wrongdoing • Example: Upton Sinclair (wrote The Jungle) |
| Theodore Roosevelt | • Progressive President: fought for conservation |
| Federal Reserve System | • Central Bank created to protect banks from failing |
| Sixteenth Amendment | • Allowed income tax |
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