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How did Jacob Riis and Lewis Hines expose conditions during the progressive era? |
They wrote books explaining how the society is in bad shape |
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What were political machines? |
Powerful groups that controlled political parties |
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What were the effects of the spoils systems? |
The effect of the spoils system was that the government and reformers solved to fix it buy revealing bad information about their current society |
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How did the muckrakers impact the progressive movement? |
the muckrakers impact the progressive movement by writing books and journals about the world's condition |
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How did the city planners improve conditions for the urban poor during the progressive era? |
the city planners improve condition for the urban poor by creating laws and amendments against it, and improving their factories |
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What is a settlement house? |
a settlement house is a rich home which were built better than tenements and the upper class lived in them during the progressive era |
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What is an initiative vs. Referendum? |
a initiative is when you create laws referendum is when you approve or reject laws |
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Why did employers hire child laborers? |
Because they worked for free or for a lower pay then normal adults |
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Why did some families oppose child labor? |
some families oppose child labor because it helped earn the family some money |
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What was the effect of the jungle book written by upton Sinclair? |
The effect was that it informed all people what they were actually eating and it made them check the meat industries all the time |
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Which event caused factory safety laws to be passed? |
Triangle Shirtwaist Fire |
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What is the difference between capitalism and socialism? |
Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately or corporately owned
Socialism is any of various theories or systems of social organization in which the means of producing and distributing goods is owned collectively |
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What did Elisabeth cady Stanton and Susan b Anthony fight for? |
They fought for the right of woman to vote |
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Who encouraged African Americans to improve their opportunities as the best means of fighting discrimination? |
the people who encouraged African americans to improve their opportunities are the people who led what's called women's suffrage |
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The nat'l association for the advancement of colored people (NAACP) brought attention to racial inequality by: |
reformers and progressives/strikes |
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What did the pure food and drug act require? |
it required active ingredients be placed on the label of a drug’s packaging and that drugs could not fall below purity levels established by the United States Pharmacopeia or the National Formulary |
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What was the square deal? |
President Theodore Roosevelt's domestic program formed upon three basic ideas: conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection. |
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Who created the square deal? |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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What did Theodore Roosevelt do to help the conservation movement? |
formed 3 programs upon three basic ideas |
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What was the goals of the industrial workers of the world (IWW) union? |
basically help improve the society |
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What was the main difference between W.E.B du bios and booker t. Washington's goal? |
booker t. Washington: respect and acceptance was through industry and hard work.
W.E.B dubois:opinion that his speech was a spit in the face to black men and women of ability and talent |
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What did Ida B. wells bring to attention? |
ida b. wells brought in attention of the society's issue, she was a journalist |
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What was the sixteenth amendment? |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, authorizing Congress to levy a tax on incomes |
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What was the seventeenth amendment? |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years |
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What was the eighteenth amendment? |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1918, prohibiting the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcoholic beverages for consumption: repealed in 1933. |
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What was the nineteenth amendment? |
an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1920, guaranteeing women the right to vote |
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What is labor union? |
an organization of wage earners or salaried employees for mutual aid and protection and for dealing collectively with employers; trade union |
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What was the Pendleton civil service act? |
federal law established in 1883 that stipulated that government jobs should be awarded on the basis of merit |
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What was the temperance movement? |
social movement urging personal moderation in the consumption of alcoholic beverages |
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What was the goal of the women's Christian temperance union? |
the prohibition of alcohol |
