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What was the progressive movement?
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Aimed to restore economic opportunity & correct injustices in American life |
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4 goals of the progressive movement
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2. promote moral improvement 3. economic reform 4. fostering efficiency |
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What is prohibition?
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Banning alcohol (both the sale & manufacture)
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What was the WCTU & what tactic did they use?
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-Went to saloons to sing & pray, then asked saloonkeepers not to sell alcohol |
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Who were some of the most famous muckrakers and their works?
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Oil Company Upton Sinclair The Jungle Jacob Riis How the Other Half Lives |
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Who was most closely associated with the socialist movement at this time? |
Eugene V. Debs |
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What was Taylorism & how did it fit with the goal of fostering efficiency?
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It was breaking manufacturing tasks into simpler parts. By breaking the tasks down, each simpler task could be performed more quickly & efficiently.
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What was "Fighting Bob" La Follette best known for?
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Regulating big business as the governor of Wisconsin & limiting the role of business in government. |
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What does initiative mean? |
A bill that is originated by the people rather than the legislature |
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What does referendum mean?
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When an initiative appears on the ballot and is voted on by the people
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What does recall mean?
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another election before the end of their term if enough voters asked for it. |
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What is the 16th Amendment?
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Graduated income tax (the more you make the more they take) |
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What is the 17th Amendment? |
Direct election of senators |
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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.
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Susan B. Anthony |
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Leader of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW)
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Josephine Ruffin |
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Other prominent leaders of the women's suffrage movement |
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Lucy Stone Julia Ward Howe |
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What was the 3 part strategy for suffrage?
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2. Pursue court cases testing 14th Amend. 3. National constitutional amendment |
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How did Teddy Roosevelt become president?
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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. |
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What was the Square Deal? |
Name for Pres. T. Roosevelt's political program of progressive reforms meant to benefit common people |
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President Teddy Roosevelt expanded the reach of the federal government in what ways? |
Mediating strikes (Coal Strike 1902) Big business regulation Food & drug regulation Land Conservation |