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What was the progressive movement?

Aimed to restore economic opportunity &


correct injustices in American life

4 goals of the progressive movement


1. protect social welfare


2. promote moral improvement


3. economic reform


4. fostering efficiency

What is prohibition?
Banning alcohol (both the sale & manufacture)
What was the WCTU & what tactic did they use?


Woman's Christian Temperance Union


-Went to saloons to sing & pray, then asked


saloonkeepers not to sell alcohol

Who were some of the most famous muckrakers and their works?


Ida Tarbell History of the Standard


Oil Company


Upton Sinclair The Jungle


Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives



Who was most closely associated with the


socialist movement at this time?


Eugene V. Debs
What was Taylorism & how did it fit with the goal of fostering efficiency?
It was breaking manufacturing tasks into simpler parts. By breaking the tasks down, each simpler task could be performed more quickly & efficiently.
What was "Fighting Bob" La Follette best known for?

Regulating big business as the governor of


Wisconsin & limiting the role of business in government.

What does initiative mean?


A bill that is originated by the people rather than the legislature
What does referendum mean?
When an initiative appears on the ballot and is voted on by the people
What does recall mean?


Enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face


another election before the end of their term if enough voters asked for it.

What is the 16th Amendment?

Graduated income tax (the more you make the more they take)

What is the 17th Amendment?

Direct election of senators
Who was the one of the most notable proponents of women's suffrage? Voted illegally in 1872 presidential election, stood trial & was fined $100. Refused to pay it.

Susan B. Anthony
Leader of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW)

Josephine Ruffin

Other prominent leaders of the women's


suffrage movement


Susan B. Anthony


Elizabeth Cady Stanton


Lucy Stone


Julia Ward Howe

What was the 3 part strategy for suffrage?


1. Convince state legislatures to grant right to vote


2. Pursue court cases testing 14th Amend.


3. National constitutional amendment

How did Teddy Roosevelt become president?

He was nominated as VP by his party b/c they couldn't control him in NY state politics. Pres. McKinley was assassinated & TR became pres. VERY popular.

What was the Square Deal?

Name for Pres. T. Roosevelt's political program of progressive reforms meant to benefit common people

President Teddy Roosevelt expanded the reach of the federal government in what ways?


Trustbusting


Mediating strikes (Coal Strike 1902)


Big business regulation


Food & drug regulation


Land Conservation