Origins of Progressive Reform

Question 1

laissez-faire

Answer 1

• to let alone/let it be

- no rules or regulations

Question 2

how the other half lives

Answer 2

• book published in the early 1900s
• showed the working poor
• showed the slums - immigrants
• opened eyes as to what is happening in America
• affected policy making of Teddy Roosevelt

Question 3

social gospel

Answer 3

• we should all help those in need
• Jane Addams - Hull House in Chicago to help immigrants
• those who need help should get help

Question 4

muckrakers

Answer 4

• journalists
• investigative reporting on the dark side of industry
• NOT lying - reporting on real facts and truths of society
• Upton Sinclair

Question 5

ways to fix problems

Answer 5

• initiative: you take the responsibility to fix an issue (laws)
• referendum: people vote on a law for society
• recall: people vote to remove a politician they no longer want

Question 6

remember this…

Answer 6

monopolies are no longer allowed today. our nation is built on competition. if you control the market on a product, you don’t allow competition to happen