CH 9 Flashcards
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Bull Moose Party
nickname for the Progressive party, formed to support Roosevelt in the election of 1912
Four Themes of the Progressive Era
America at a crossroads, major reforms were made, Industrialization did NOT help everyone, and there were big problems in gov
How did the progressive movement effect women?
Woman could vote, woman recieved better working conditions, and after world war one they took over the masculine jobs with ease, displaying higher respect from the nation
What was Teddy’s role as a trust buster?
He started filing suits under the Sherman Anti Trust Act and monopolies were disappearing
How did Teddy change the role of President in USA?
HIs leadership and publicity campaigns made him different from past leaders
What happens to the Republican party with Taft?
They were split between progressives and conservatives.
19th Amendment
women can vote
Was Taft conservative or progressive?
conservative
What does “there were big problems in gov” refer to?
Cries for progressive presidents and as a progressive leader you have break trust bonds, corruption, and anarchists :/
What does “Major reforms were made” refer to?
Adjusting and making laws around the industrial revolution
What were the goals of the progressive movement?
-protect social welfare -promote moral improvement -create economic reform -foster efficiency
What was the suffrage movement like under Wilson’s presidency?
He was not interested in supporting the women but after a plethora of protests women finally had the right to vote
Taft
A conservative republican president
How were big businesses forced to change?
People were writing about an uneven balance among big business, gov, and ordinary people. There were strikes over better working conditions rose. Unions were built for socialism!
What were some of Teddy’s reforms/ conservation efforts?
He started the Meat Inspection Act, Pure Food and Drug Act, and set aside millions of acres aside for reservation
Federal Reserve System
national banking system that controls the US money supply and availability of credit in the country
Roosevelt
A progressive republican president
What does “America at a crossroads” refer to?
Part of the country wants to modernize (progress) and the other part wants to stay the same (conserve)
T OR F? This was a united movement for reform
false
Wilson
A democratic president who promoted his “New Freedom”
17th Amendment
Citizens could vote for their two senators per state
Did Wilson help Civil Rights?
No, he said he would but then left it under State control and appointed his cabinet full of white southerners increasing the amount of segregation.
Suffrage
the right to vote
Prohibition
Period between 1920-23 the banned the sale and manufacturing of alcohol
Was Wilson progressive or conservation?
progressive
During the next election, why are the democrats able to win?
Because there was so much argumenting in the Republican Party
muckraker
one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of big business and public life
NAACP
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- organization for full racial equaility
What impact did progressive reform have on minorities?
Not much at all
