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25 Cards in this Set
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Progressive Movement
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The Progressive Movement was 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.
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John Dewey
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John Dewey is recognized as one of the great figures in educational history. His influence upon American education has been prodigious.
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Scientific Management
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In 1911, Frederick Winslow Taylor published his work, The Principles of Scientific Management, in which he described how the application of the scientific method to the management of workers greatly could improve productivity. Scientific management methods called for optimizing the way that tasks were performed and simplifying the jobs enough so that workers could be trained to perform their specialized sequence of motions in the one "best" way.
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Ida Tarbell
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Ida Tarbell is the muckraking journalist who wrote articles on J.D. Rockefeller's oil monopoly (which extended into many states, including PA) in McClure's Magazine. Her articles were eventually published into a book entitled History of the Standard Oil Company.
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Seventeenth Amendment
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The Amendment explain that the society will choose two Senators for each state.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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-Roosevelt was the first president to travel outside of the continental United States while in office. In 1906, he traveled to Panama.
- He was the youngest president (42 years old) -In 1906, Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role of negotiator in the Russo-Japanese War. He was the first American to win the Nobel Prize. |
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Trust Busting
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-(law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws)
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Elkins Act
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-The Elkins Act ended the common practice of the railroads granting rebates to their most valued customers. The great oil and livestock companies of the day paid the rates stated by the railroads, but demanded rebates on those payments. The giants paid significantly less for rail service than farmers and other small operators.
The railroads had long resented being extorted by the trusts and welcomed the Elkins legislation. The law provided further that rates had to be published and that violations of the law would find both the railroad and the shipper liable for prosecution. This measure brought some improvement, but other abuses needed to be addressed. |
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Hepburn Act
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1. Increased the size of the Interstate Commerce Commission from five to seven members
2. Gave the ICC the power to establish maximum rates 3. Restricted the use of free passes 4. Brought other common carriers (businesses that transport goods or information for a fee), such as terminals, storage facilities, pipelines, ferries and others, under ICC jurisdiction 5. Required the adoption of uniform accounting practices for all carriers 6. In appeals situations, placed the burden of proof on the shipper, not the ICC; this was a major change from the previous practice in which the railroads had blunted regulations by lengthy appeals. |
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The Jungle
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11. Pure Food and Drug Act (1906)
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Meat Infection Act
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Sixteenth Amendement
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Eugene V. Debs
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Federal Resene Act (1914)
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Clayton Anti Trust
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Federal Trade Commission (1914)
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Niagara Movement
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Booker T. Washington
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W.E.B. Dubois
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21. NAACP
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Alice Poul
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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19th Amendment
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League of Women Voters
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