Chapter 6 Study Guide Flashcards
Progressive era
An era with the belief in moving forward and taking steps
A belief and positive change
A time where many Americans try to improve their society
Characteristics of progressives 
Belong to both major political parties, often urban, uneducated, middle-class, had a strong faith in science and technology
Muckrakers
. A journalist to uncover‘s abuses and corruption in society
The rate of citizens to place a measure or issue before the voters/legislatures for approval 
Initiative
The right that enables voters to remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office before their term ends
Recall
The practice of letting voters remove unsatisfactory laws
Referendum
The 17th amendment
The ability for a direct election of senators
Reaction of women from the 15th amendment
Disappointing the African-American men can vote but they couldn’t
Temperance movement/prohibition
Laws banning the manufacture, transportation, and sale of alcoholic beverages
(18th amendment)
Goals of the progressive movement
Women’s suffrage, limit child labor, equal rights, prohibition 
Northern securities versus United States
Roosevelt sued northern securities; charged with restraint of trade; violated the Sherman antitrust act; Roosevelt is the trustbuster
Sherman antitrust act
Allowed the government to break up big businesses to restore competition
Allowed the government to disband monopolies
The jungle
The book that causes people to really notice their food sanitation written by Upton Sinclair and caused the meat inspection act
Meat inspection act
Required federal inspection of me through interstate commerce and required the agricultural department to set standards of cleanliness in meatpacking plants
Pure food and drug act
Prohibited the manufacture, sell, or shipment of impure or falsely labeled food and drugs
Environmental Conservation
Newlands reclamation act; Griffard Pinchot to head the US forest service,; Roosevelt added more than 100 million anchors to protective national forest, establish five national parks, established 51 federal wildlife reserves
 Taft versus trusts
Taft brought twice as many antitrust cases into court than Roosevelt
Roosevelt versus Taft versus Wilson; Roosevelt created the People’s party; Wilson won; because Roosevelt created his own party split up the Democratic votes
The election of 1912
Created a graduated/federal income tax
The 16th amendment
Created regional banks by a board of governors appointed by the president
Wilson tried to reform the banking system
Federal reserve act 
To monitor American businesses; have the power to investigate companies an issue a “cease and desist” order against those it found to be engaging and unfair trade practices
Federal trade commission
Failure to address racial/religious discrimination
limit/Failure of the progressive era 
National Association for the advancement of colored people 
Fight for equal rights for colored people
NAACP
Started by Sigmund Livingstone to combat stereotypes and discrimination
Anti-defamation league
Defined the term trust an expanded on the Sherman antitrust act
The Clayton antitrust act
Reduced tariffs
Underwood Simmons act
