UNIT 3 progressivism

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US History Flashcards on UNIT 3 progressivism , created by KAYDEN CRANE on 13/11/2018.
KAYDEN CRANE
Flashcards by KAYDEN CRANE, updated more than 1 year ago
KAYDEN CRANE
Created by KAYDEN CRANE about 6 years ago
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*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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