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Age of Reform Flashcards

1
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Who were the Progressives?

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Middle class urban Americans

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Define Progressivism

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Non Partisan middle class group that works for the expansion of democracy, social justice, and an end to corruption

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Clayton Act

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Exempted unions from antitrust laws

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Sherman Act

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Illegal to restrain trade. Made to be used against competition, but ended up being used against labor unions.

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5
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Leading progressive reformers

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Wilson, TR, Lofolett

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Watchdog agencies of progressive era

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ICC
Federal reserve
FDA

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7
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16th amendment

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Income tax

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17th amendment

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Direct election of senators

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18th amendment

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Prohibition

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19th amendment

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Woman’s suffrage

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20th amendment

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Lame duck

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21st amendment

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Repeals prohibition

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Federal Reserve System

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Regulates money supply

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Federal Farm Loan Act

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Gave long term low interest loans to farmers

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Federal Trade Comission

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Enforcer of the Sherman act

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Food and Drug Administration

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Meat inspection act

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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Hepburn Act - Allow ICC to set freight rates if fair rates aren’t made

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Influence of Populists

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Represent the interests of the ordinary people

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Omaha Platform

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Australian Ballot - Secret ballot
Primary elections
Democratic reforms
Income tax
8 hour workday
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Medicare

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Heath insurance for poor

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New Deal

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Government becomes a caretaker

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Initiative

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Power of a citizen to propose a law

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Referendum

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Issue that is put to the vote of the people

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Recall

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Special election to remove an official from office

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Postal Savings Banking System

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Proposed by Taft, pilot program for FDIC

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Meat Inspection Act

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Put into affect because of the book ‘The Jungle’, which called for a reform in the meat packing industry

27
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Pure Food and Drug Act

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Created the FDA

28
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Newlands Reformation Act

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First conservation law

29
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Wisconsin Idea…Primary

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First environmental law geared on irrigation. Used land in the west to build dams and canals

30
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Hepburn Act

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Allows ICC to set freight rates if freight rates aren’t achieved

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Australian Ballot

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Secret ballot

32
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Transportation Act

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Beginning of the interstate highway system

33
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Smith Lever Act

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Aid to Farmers

34
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Smith Hughes Act

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First federal law to aid education. Vocational edcucation

35
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Platform

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What a party stands for

36
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The alignment of 1912

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TR split the part and Wilson ended up winning

37
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Muckrakers

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Writers who exposed problems in industrialized America

38
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Social security act

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Makes the government our caretaker

39
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New Right of the 1980s

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Raegan said we needed to scale back on government intervention

40
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Jacob Riis

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Wrote about ghettos and slums in our cities

41
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Ida Tarbell

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“The history of standard oil”

42
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John Spargo

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“The bitter cry of children”

43
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Lincoln Steffens

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“The sham of the cities”

44
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Upton Sinclair

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“The Jungle”

45
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Rachel Carson

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“Silent Spring”

46
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David Graham Philips

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“The treason of the senate” Led to the 17th amendment

47
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Ray Stanard Baker

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“Following the color line”

48
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Helen Hunt Jackson

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“Century of Dishonor”

49
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Stewart Udall

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“The quiet crisis”

50
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Purpose behind 17th amendment

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Direct election of senators

Intended to stop corruption

51
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Wilson’s conservatism on social issues

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Failure to up hold civil liberties in WWII

52
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Alice Paul

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Hardcore rioter who got locked up and tortured.

Rioted outside of the white house

53
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Clarence Darrow

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Lawyer

Helped establish American Civil Liberties Union

54
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Jane Addams

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Helped establish American Civil Liberties Union

55
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Eugene v. Debs

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Head of the Pullman strike. Went to jail and ran for president from there.

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Conservation

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Wise use and management of natural resources.

57
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Preservation

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Leaving areas untouched, pristine

58
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The fundamental weakness of Progressivism

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Failure to uphold civil liberties

59
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John Muir

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Preservation, preferred national parks

60
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Liberal

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Favors active government

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Conservative

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Minimal government involvement

62
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TR Direct Actionist

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TR used his popularity to preach to Americans. Led congress instead of letting them lead him.

63
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Taft-TR Split

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Taft aced very conservatively, and TR didn’t like it

64
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Sedition acts

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Example of how Wilson and progressives didn’t uphold civil liberties

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