Chapter 4 Test Flashcards
Define Progressivism
Movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms
Which class emerged as leaders of the PM, others that joined
Middle class
What was the women’s goal in the urgent need for PM
The right to vote
What are muckrakers?
A writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in government or business or a tool used to clean manure out of animal’s stables
Who is Lincoln Steffen?
Steffens was a leading muckraker whose reports exposed how the government of Philidelphia let utility companies charge their customers excessively high fees.
Who is Jacob Riis?
An influential muckraker who was also a photographer. He turned his camera on the crowded, unsafe, rat-infested tenements where the urban poor lived. He wrote How the Other Half Lives which shocked the nation’s conscience and led to reforms
Who is Upton Sinclair
He wrote The Jungle which told the story of the despair of immigrants working in Chicago’s stockyards and revealed the unsanitary conditions in the industry.
Describe the Settlement House/Jane Addams
Jane Addams opened the nation’s first settlement house called, Hull House. Settlement houses were community centers that provided the following for the poor: child care, nursery schools, kindergartens, and theatre, art, and dance programs for adults
Progressive towards workplace
Progressives wanted to make the workplace safer and better for everyone.
election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
Direct Primary
18th Amendment
banned the manufacture, distribution, and sale of alcohol in the United States
19th Amendment
gave women the right to vote
Name 2 colleges for women
School of Social Work
Bryn Mawr College
Temperance Movement
Aimed to stop alcohol abuse
Frances Willard
The leader of the Temperance movement and her fight led to the 18th Amendment
Margaret “B” Sanger
She thought women’s health would improve if mothers had fewer children. She opened the 1st Birth Control Clinic and founded the Birth Control League
Ida B. Wells
Leader of the anti-lynching campaign and the National Association of Colored Women. She was an African American and a journalist
Susan B. Anthony
Civil Rights activist and fought for the right to vote. She was also the leader of the National Women’s Suffrage Association
Define Americanization
Americanize immigrants
Plessy v. Ferguson
Upheld Jim Crow Laws; in 1910 segregation became normal, but it was 1914 before Washington D.C. was segregated
What’s the difference between the NA Dawes Act and American Indian Citizenship Act of 19..
The Dawes Act divides the reservation into plots for NA. The American Indian Citizenship made all NA citizens.
Theodore Roosevelt
Known as a trustbuster, governor of NY and was anti-monopoly and republican
Meat Inspection Act
In 1906, we began inspecting meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants
Pure Food and Drug Act
In 1906, federal inspection of food and medicine that banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure foods and the mislabeling of food and drugs (this led to the FDA)
Who did the US got to war with in 1898?
Spain
Jose Marti’s influence Cuba
He launched a war for independence from Spain. With the cries of “Cuba Libre!” (“Free Cuba!”), rebel fighters used guerrilla tactics of hit-and-run raids against Spanish forces. He essentially started a rebellion against Spain in Cuba
Explosion of Maine
Soon after a letter that said Pres. McKinley was a weak and stupid politician was leaked, the Maine exploded in Havana Harbor. THe blame was immediately shifted to Spain. However McKinley ordered a special naval board to investigate the cause of the explosion before declaring war on Spain. The board concluded that a mine had destroyed Maine. This was the main cause of the Spanish American War.
Philippines during the Spanish American War
During the S-A-W the Philippines gained their independence
What is guerrilla warfare?
Nontraditional combat methods where small bands of fighters attack behind enemy lines
Why was the Spanish American War significant?
As a result of the war, the United States had an empire and a new stature in world affairs. The war marked a turning point in the history of American foreign policy.
Power to collect an income tax without restrictions
16th Amendment
Law placed national banks under the control of Board
Federal Reserve Act (1913)
Identify monopolistic business practices
Federal Trade Commission
Control of the money supply by a central authority
Monetary Policy
Domination of strong nations over weaker territories
Imperialism
Removed raw materials
Extractive Economies
Military historian, officer in the united states navy
Alfred T. Mahan
Certain nations a races were superior to others
Social Darwinism
Controls on corporation in order to benefit small businesses
New Freedom
Political party
Progressive party
Noted that the frontier had been closed by gradual settlement
Frederick Jackson Turner
Plan to restore the government trustbusting power
New Nationalism
Roosevelt’s program to keep the wealthy from taking advantage of small businesses
Square Deal
What is the 17th Amendment?
The Senate of the U.S. must be composed of two Senators from each state, elected by the people
