Reading...
Play button
Play button
Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;
Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;
H to show hint;
A reads text to speech;
37 Cards in this Set
- Front
- Back
|
Civil Service
|
A) Military officials B) Presidents C) Any Federal job except elected officials and the military D) Congressmen
|
|
|
Gilded Age
|
Period of political corruption and large spending. (1870-1890)
|
|
|
Merit
|
Ability
|
|
|
Patronage
|
Giving government jobs to friends
|
|
|
Progressive Era
|
Period of political, economic, and social reform that responded to the changes brought about by industrialization
|
|
|
Interstate Commerce
|
Business that crossed state lines
|
|
|
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
|
Prohibited business from destroying competition
|
|
|
William Tweed
|
NYC boss, stole $100 million, accepts bribes
|
|
|
Progressives
|
Reformers who wanted to improve American life, End political corruption, give voters more power
|
|
|
Muckrakers
|
Reporters who exposed corruption/problems, changed public opinion
|
|
|
Ida Tarbell
|
Exposed big business through news articles
|
|
|
Upton Sinclair
|
The "Jungle", Exposed the meat packing industry
|
|
|
Political Boss
|
Very Powerful and corrupt politician
|
|
|
Wisconsin Idea
|
N/A
|
|
|
John Dewey
|
Progressive educator, solve problems
|
|
|
The "Jungle"
|
N/A
|
|
|
Booker T. Washington
|
Journalists, Lead boycotts and protests
|
|
|
W.E.B. Du Bois
|
Fight actively for equality
|
|
|
Square Deal
|
Promised everyone the opportunity to succeed, Protect customers-"Pure Food and Drug Act", Protected natural resources-Conservation
|
|
|
Recall
|
N/A
|
|
|
Primary
|
N/A
|
|
|
Initiative
|
N/A
|
|
|
Referendum
|
N/A
|
|
|
William Taft
|
Broke up more trusts than TR, Supported graduated income tax safety rules, Very quiet and careful
|
|
|
Teddy Roosevelt
|
William Mckinley Assassinated, 1901-Tr becomes President, The "Trustbuster", Broke up trusts in RRs, Oil, and Tobacco
|
|
|
New Freedom
|
Restore competition in the company
|
|
|
Federal Reserve Act
|
System of federal baks, government controls interest rates/supply
|
|
|
Federal Trade Commission
|
Investigated companies to stop unfair business practices
|
|
|
Suffrage
|
Right to Vote
|
|
|
National Women's Suffrage Association
|
Worked for an amendment to give women voting rights
|
|
|
Suffragists
|
People who worked for the right to vote for women
|
|
|
Famous Suffragists
|
Carrie Chapman Catt, Susan B, Anthony, Elizabeth Stanton
|
|
|
Alice Paul
|
Radical suffragist, Hunger Strikes, Picketing
|
|
|
New Opportunity
|
College, Clubs, Made laws
|
|
|
Prohibition
|
1919-1930 Bans the sale of Alchohol
|
|
|
Gentemen's Agreement
|
Japan stops sending workers and U.S. allows wives to enter U.S.
|
|
|
Dawes Act
|
NA receive bad farm land
|
