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25 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Movement
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What: An effort to cure and end the problems and ills which had developed as a result of the industrial frowth
When: Last quarter of the 19th century Significance: Resolved problems erupting in society |
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John Dewey
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Who:American psychologist, philosopher, educator,
social critic and political activist When: 1859-1952 Significance: made great contributions to the fields of philosophy and physcology |
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Scientific Management
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What: Introduced by Frederick Taylor claiming that workers can use modern machines to perform simple tasks at much greater speed; a way to manage human labor to make it compatible with the demands of the machine age
When: 1911 Significance: increased productive efficiency |
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Ida Tarbell
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Who: American teacher
,author and journalist; leading muckraker When: 1857-1944 Significance: Studied the Standard Oil Trust |
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Seventeenth Amendment
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What: Provides for the direct election of Senators by the people of a state rather than their election or appointment by a state legislature
When: Ratified on April 8, 1913 Significance: Effectively eliminating state representing in congress |
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who: 26th president of the United States; reformer
When: Began in 1901 Significance: Influenced and encouraged reforms to take place |
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Trust Busting
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What: Referred to President Theodore Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies, or "trusts," that violated federal antitrust law
When: 1900s Significance: marked a major departure from previous administrations' policies |
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Elkins Act
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What: Imposed heavy fines on railroads offering rebates and those shippers receiving them
When: 190s federal law Significance: Caused nearly all railroads to become defunct for a short period of time; strengthened the Interstate Commerce Commission of 1887 |
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Hepburn Act
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What: Increase the authority of the Interstate Commerce Commission over railroads and certain other types of carriers; determined reasonable maximum rates
When: 1906 Significance: Strengthened existing railroad regulations |
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The Jungle
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What: Novel which revealed the depravity of capitalism and exposed the abuses in the AMerican meatpacking industry
When: 1906 Significance: Produced legislative action to deal with the problem but did not inspire a kind of socialist response |
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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What: provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines
When: 1906 Significance: First law of its kind; influenced others |
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Meat Inspection Act
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1) All animals were required to pass an inspection by the U.S. Drug Administration prior to slaughter 2) All carcasses were subject to a post-postmortem inspection 3) Cleanliness standards were established for slaughterhouses and processing plants. When: 1906 |
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Sixteenth Amendment
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What: allows the Congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among the states or basing it on Census results
When: Ratified in 1913 |
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Eugene V. Debs
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Who: Founding members of the International Labor Union and the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW); socialist
When: November 5, 1855 – October 20, 1926 Significance: Best-known socialist |
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Federal Reserve Act
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What: Created twelve regional banks, each to be owned and controlled by the individual banks of the district;percentage of assets would be used to support loans to private banks at an interest rate
When: 1913 Significance: Shifted funds quichly to troubled areas |
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Clayton Anti-Trust
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What: Prohibited exclusive sales contracts, local price cutting to freeze out competitors, rebates, interlocking directorates in corporations capitalized at $1 million or more in the same field of business, and intercorporate stock holding
When: 1914 Significance: Restricted the use of the injunction against labor, and it legalized peaceful strikes, picketing, and boycotts |
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Federal Trade Comission
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What: Promotedconsumer protection and the elimination and prevention of anti-competitive business practices (ex. coercive monopoly)
When: 1914 |
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Niagra Movement
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What: Organization of black intellectuals led by W.E.B. Du Bois, calling for full political, civil, and social rights for black Americans
When: Founded in 1905 Signficance: Never really attracted mass support |
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Booker T. Washington
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Who: dominant figure in the African American community in the United States
When: Most influential between 1890-1915 Significance: Encouraged to work immediate self-improvement rather than long-range social change Significance: |
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W.E.B. Dubois
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Who: intellectual leader in the United States as sociologist, historian, civil rights activist, Pan-Africanist, author, and editor; attempted to eliminate racism, prejudice and injustice
When: February 23, 1868 – August 27, 1963 Significance: Accuse Washington of encouraging white efforts to impose segregation and of unnecessarilly limiting the aspirations of African-Americans |
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NAACP
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What: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
When: 1909 Significance:Led the drive for equal rights, using as its principal weapon lawsuits in the federal court |
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Alice Paul
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Who: American suffragette and activist
When: January 11, 1885 – July 9, 1977 Significance: Led successful campaign to women suffrage and influenced the passing of the 19th amendment |
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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Who: Women's suffrage leader who campaigned for the Nineteenth Amendment
When: January 9, 1859 – March 9, 1947 Significance: Founder of the League of Women Voters and the International Alliance of Women |
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Ninteenth Amendment
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What: Prohibits any United States citizen to be denied the right to vote based on sex
When: Ratified in 1920 |
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League of Women Voters
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What: Encourage women and their new power to reshape public policy
When: 1920 |
