key terms Flashcards
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single tax movement
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- Proposed by Henry George to tax only land value
- aimed to reduce inequality and promote social justice during the Progressive Era
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social darwinism
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- Applied Darwin’s theory to society
- justifying imperialism and economic inequality by suggesting that the “fittest” would naturally succeed
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muckraking journalists
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- Investigative reporters who exposed corruption and social issues in the early 1900s
- led to significant reforms in government and industry
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federal meat inspection act
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- 1906 law ensuring sanitary meat processing
- direct response to muckraking
- improving public health and food safety
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pure food and drug act
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- 1906 law mandated safe food and drug labeling
- establishes the FDA
- addresses public concerns raised by muckrakers
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Tammany Hall
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- New York City’s powerful Democratic political machine known for corruption
- symbolizes the challenges of political reform during the Gilded Age
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triangle shirtwaist factory fire
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- 1911 disaster that killed workers
- prompted reforms in workplace
- led to safety laws and labor regulations (NY State labor laws)
- Prompted creation of NY Factory Invetigating comission
- highlights industrial hazards
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jane addams
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- Social reformer and founder of Hull House
- she advanced social work and advocated for women’s rights, addressing urban poverty
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sigmund freud
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- Influential psychologist whose ideas about the unconscious mind shaped modern thought
- he impacted literature and culture in the early 1900s
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literary realism
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- A movement focusing on everyday life and social issues
- “life in most exact terms possible”
- reflects the complexities of American society during industrialization
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literary naturalism
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- extension of realism emphasizing the influence of environment and heredity on human behavior
- humans are victims of their subconscious impulses
- higlights societal struggles
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modernism
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- cultural movement challenging traditional norms, embracing new artistic forms and ideas
- response to rapid societal changes during the early 1900s
13
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the square deal
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Theodore Roosevelt’s program promoting:
1. control of corporations
2. consumer protection
3. conservation of natural resorces
reflecting Progressive Era reforms for social equity and fairness in economy
14
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Hepburn Act
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- 1906
- federal regulation of railroads
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trust busting
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- prevent corrupt monopolies (improve competition)
- hepburn act 1906
- initially didn’t want fed gov to overstep power
- didn’t intervene sooner to ot disturb economy of industrialization era
