Chapter 21 Flashcards
Progressivism was never a radical movement. Its goal remained to
Reform the existing system
WASP
White Anglo Saxon Protestant
Progressive goals
1) Use government to regulate the power of big business
2) Break the control of the political machines with calls of greater democracy
3) A fervent belief in social justice
Reform Darwinism
emphasizes activism, argues that humans could speed up evolution by altering the enviroment
what become the watch words of the progressive vocabulary
efficiency and expertise
is a means by which a petition signed by a certain minimum number of registered voters can force a public vote
initiative
Referendum
a direct vote in which an entire electorate is asked to either accept or reject a particular proposal
recall election
is a procedure by which the voters can remove an elected official from office through a direct vote before his or her term has ended
The Roosevelt corollary to the Monroe doctrine
1) The U.S. will intervene in conflict between European countries and Latin American countries to enforce legitimate claims of the European powers rather than having the Europeans press their claims directly.
2) Forbidden European colonization and interference, viewed by U.S. as aggression
Russo-Japanese War 1904, Roosevelt negotiated a peace settlement. _____________ became the first American president….
Roosevelt, Nobel Peace Prize, Woodrow Wilson, Barack Obama
Scientific Management
Breaking tasks into their component parts and training workers to perform specific parts
Wilson also believed…
in limited government, states rights, and open markets
16th amendment
allows the federal government to collect income tax
17th amendment
establishes the direct election of U.S. Senators by popular vote
18th amendment
established the prohibition of alcoholic beverages
19th amendment
women’s suffrage
important progressive politicans
-robert la follette
-theodore roosevelt
large corporations called
trusts
Regulatory powers
meat inspection act, pure food and drug at
FDA
food and drug administration
TR became known as the
Trust buster
