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Progressive Movements
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What- an effort to cure many of the ills of American society that had developed during the great spurt of industrial growth in the last quarter of the 19th century
When- 19th century Significance- was an effort to improve society in the United States |
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John Dewey
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Who- an American philosopher, psychologist and educational reformer
When- October 20, 1859 – June 1, 1952 Significance- Dewey was an important early developer of the philosophy of pragmatism and one of the founders of functional psychology |
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Scientific Management
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what-theory of management that analyzed and synthesized workflows
When- 19th century Significance- Its main objective was improving economic efficiency, especially labor productivity. It was one of the earliest attempts to apply science to the engineering of processes and to management |
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Ida Tarbell
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Who- an American teacher, author and journalist
When- November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944 Significance- She became the first person to take on Standard Oil |
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Seventeenth Amendment
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What- Amendment of the Constitution
When- April 8, 1913 Significance- established direct election of United States Senators by popular vote |
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Who- Whas a politician and then became president of the United States on 1901 due to McKinley's assassination
When-October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919 Significance- He was a leader in the Progressive movement |
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Trust Busting
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What-President Theodore Roosevelt's policy of prosecuting monopolies, or "trusts,"
When- 1900s Significance- dealt with monopolies and the forming of trusts |
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Elkins Act
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What-amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887
When- 1903 Significance- authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates |
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Hepburn Act
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What- that gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates
When- 1906 Significance- gave the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) the power to set maximum railroad rates. This led to the discontinuation of free passes to loyal shippers |
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The Jungle
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What- Novel wrote to explain the work conditions of butchers and the conditions that the meats were going trough
When- 1906 Significance- began to explain to people what kind of places meat packers were working in. |
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Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
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What- a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products
When- June 30, 1906 Significance- provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines |
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Meat inspection Act
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What- act that later became an amendment that enforced the sanitation of meant products
When 1906 Significance- requires the United States Department of Agriculture to inspect all cattle, sheep, goats, and horses when slaughtered and processed into products for human consumption |
