History - Progressive Era

Question 1

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what is progressivism

Answer 1

series of social and politicial reforms that are caused by the effects of inustrialization and urbanization

Question 2

what are problems of progressivism

Answer 2

poverty
child labor
politicial corruption
overcrowding
poor quality housing
poor health standards

Question 3

what are the types of reform

Answer 3

economic - monopoly
political - efficiency
social - democracy
moral - purity

Question 4

goals of progressives

Answer 4

government must act
protect the weakest members of society
do not challenge capitalism
return to a sense or morality

Question 5

what are muchrakers

Answer 5

group of journalists that specialized in exposing social problems and corruption
magazine publishers competed to expose more scandals

Question 6

Ida Tarbell

Answer 6

exposed unfair busness practices of rockefeller
made sherman anti - trust act and clayton anti - trust act
“1901 the history of standard oil”

Question 7

Lincoln Steffens

Answer 7

exposed urban politicla machines “shame of the cities”
this sparked political reform on local levels and increased interest in communism

Question 8

jacob Riis

Answer 8

described poverty and crime in immigrant neighborhoods
“1890 how the other half lives”
new york state tenement housing act

Question 9

nellie bly

Answer 9

exposed terribly conditions in mental institutions
“1887 ten days in a madhouse”
increased fund to the department of public charities and corrections

Question 10

upton Sinclair

Answer 10

exposed unsanitary conditions of the meat packing industry
“the jungle”
pure food and drug act and meat inspection act
“we condemn any mean to undream and for human consumption”
no sail of unadvertiesed food or openess medicines

Question 11

political reform

Answer 11

direct primaries
remove someone who was previously elected
income tax (16)
direct election of senators (17)
women’s suffrage (19)

Question 12

social reforms

Answer 12

prohibition (18) - no alcohol
end of child labor
immigration restrictions
eugenic
settlement houses (hull house)

Question 13

economic reforms

Answer 13

anti trust laws
interstate comerce commission
hepburn act - regulation of railroads

Question 14

other reforms

Answer 14

conservation of public lands (national park system TR)
protective tarrifs
federal trade commission and trust busting

Question 15

legacy

Answer 15

more active role of the federal government
increase in taxes and funding to the governemtn
does not address racial issues

Question 16

13th amendment

Answer 16

abolished slavery

Question 17

14th amendment

Answer 17

gave citizenship to freedom

Question 18

15th amendment

Answer 18

suffrage for freedom

Question 19

16th amendment

Answer 19

established income tax

Question 20

17th amendment

Answer 20

direct election of senators

Question 21

18th amendment

Answer 21

prohibition

Question 22

19th amendment

Answer 22

women’s suffrage

Question 23

theodore roosevelt

Answer 23

came back a hero from the spanish american war in Cuba
he was elected govenor of New York
shortly after he ran as the vice presidential canidate for republican president McKinley
6 months in assasination, 42 youngest president

Question 24

square deal

Answer 24

roosevelet wanted to ensure fairness for the working class
used the sherman anti trust act to break up monopolies
went after railroads first
also broke up standard oil and tobacco trusts
44 lawsuits against trusts

Question 25

conservationism

Answer 25

TR loves nature
set out to preserve natural resources
TR preserces more than 200 millions ares of public lands
Pelican Island = first
used antiquities act to preserve monuments
like the grand canyon and petrified forest

Question 26

William H. Taft

Answer 26

1908 Eugene Debs vs William Howard Taft
taft was handpicked by TR and his successor and therefore took the election by a landslide continued TRs progressive programs filed twice as many anti-trusts suits as TR

Question 27

describe the 16th amendment

Answer 27

created income tax, the constitution originally did not allow for taxes on someone’s income
this funding runs the government

Question 28

describe the 17th amendment

Answer 28

direct election of senators
formerly, state legislatures chose the senators, this ended corruption amoung politicians