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46 Cards in this Set
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Definee: Legislation
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law making
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what is the main goal of any reform movement
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legislation
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Belief of progressives was that
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social problems could be fixed by government
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2 demands of Progressivists
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-a more active government
at all levels of government -legislation |
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Where to reform movements begin and why?
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At the city level, because it is the easiest to have laws changed
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t/f reforms intended to oppose political bosses
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true
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t/f political machines ussually opposed reform
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true
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t/f people wanted politicians elected on alignment with the machine as opposed to merit
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false
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Who was Seth Lew?
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President of Colombia university who ran for mayor of New York and opposed Tammany Hall, but lost his campaign
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T/F Seth Lew began a movement of reform and evantually won office in 1901
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true
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what does Lew's campaign show about reform
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change takes time
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On __/__/__ a fire in a large factory owned by the _________ __________ Company killed 146 women because of a _________ door intended to _____________
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3/25/1911, Triangle Shirtwaist,locked door, keep women from leaving work area
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What did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire highlight a need for
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safety reform in the workplace
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_____ _______________ launched an attack on NYC's resistance to reform, stirring up great public support for change
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Rose Schneiderman
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Reformers wanted
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- a fire inspector
- fire drills - fire escapes -sprinklers |
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T/F Tammany hall and reformers work together
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true
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a ___________ in Galveston TX spurred need for emergency relief
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hurricane
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a flood of the Ohio River in Dayton Ohio caused $100 million in damages, forced Dayton to
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adopt city council to reform
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Progressives sought government regulation of __________ that would not stifle capitalism
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businesses
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Reformers wanted Government regulation of
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-city utilities such as water gas, and electricity, (necessities)
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define:progressivism
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a series of reform movements that aimed to improve American society
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muckrakers
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journalist who used exaggeration to alert the public on a social problem
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Upton Sinclair
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wrote the jungle
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The Jungle
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an account of the poor meat-packing industry's working conditions
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Edward Bellamy
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published LOOKING BACKWARD,
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LOOKING BACKWARD
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the story of a man who wakes up in the year 2000 in a utopian society where government rules businesses
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Ida Tarbell
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an investive journalist, editor, teacher, and lecturer who exposed corruption in his 1900 book THE SHAME OF THE CITY
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municipal
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city level
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Henry George
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author of Progress and Povertry
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Progress and Poverty
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a novel by Henry George claimig that poverty had plagued society
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Tammany Hall
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a political machine that used bribery and spoils system to hold power
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political machine
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an unofficial city organization designed to keep a group of people in power
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Social Welfare
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program designed to ensure a basic standard of living for all citizens
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Postitve Aspects of American industrialization
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-morse code
-created new industries -electic light -electricity -telephones -railroads |
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Negative Aspects of American Industrialization
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-People in rural areas couldn' afford electicity
-social darwinism -sweatshops -poor working conditions -child labor -robbed kids of education - low wages -resourses wasted -poverty -overcrowding -displaced craftsmen |
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Positive Aspects of American Immigration
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- gave hope for people in crop failures, shortages of land, rising taxes and pogroms,
- brought 30 million people to the United States |
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Negative Aspects of American Immigration
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-Immigrants were paid little and worked long hours
-ghettos -chinese immigration were excluded -overcrowding -disease -poverty -anarchy/radicals -poverty |
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Positive Aspects of American Urban Growth
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-11 million people left farms and headed for the cities
-greater technology in the cities - dumbell building made rooms brighter and cooler - infrastructure and innovation -centralizes everything |
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Negative Aspects of American Urban Growth
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-crowded, hundreds of people crowded into small areas
-slums were rat infested, filled with disease, and fire hazard -segregation/ghettos |
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Define: Progressivism
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a series of reform movements that aimed to improve American Society
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Why was their a varied definition of progress
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different societies have different goals
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What are the 4 progressive reforms
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Social, Economic, Moral, Political
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Direct Primaries
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amendments 12 and 17
gives voters the right to directly chose presidential candidates |
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initiative
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citizens can force a vote on an issue or bill by getting a petition
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Referendum
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Where a voting territory either accepts or rejects a bill
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De Facto Segregation
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Segregation not practiced by law but by society
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