Progressive Era

Question 1

progressivism

Answer 1

support for advocacy

Question 2

muckrakers

Answer 2

group of journalist who became obsessed with exposing corrupt and other problems

Question 3

trust

Answer 3

way of organizing a business by merging together rival companies

Question 4

monopoly

Answer 4

company that has such control

Question 5

the initiative

Answer 5

if 20% of all voters sign a petition on a ballot there for law to be voted for

Question 6

referendum

Answer 6

vote to approve/veto it

Question 7

recall

Answer 7

recall vote on official out of office before their term ends

Question 8

conservationism

Answer 8

the wise use of natural resources preventing no need of loss

Question 9

suffrage

Answer 9

(womens) right to vote

Question 10

who were progressives?

Answer 10

people who believed that industrialization and urbanization were the causes of societies problems. they wanted government to change things

Question 11

what were the 3 main goals of the progressives?

Answer 11

1. fix industry
2. fix government
3. fix society

Question 12

what major racial inequality did woodrow wilson do

Answer 12

segregated washington d.c

Question 13

what was the 16th ammendment?

Answer 13

income taxes-federal tax reserve/underwood tariff act `

Question 14

whats the main reason progressivism took place?

Answer 14

to fix the industry

Question 15

what is the sherman antitrust act

Answer 15

prohibits any type of monopolization

Question 16

what was roosevelts nickname?

Answer 16

trustbuster

Question 17

what department ends all monopolies?

Answer 17

dcl-department of commerce and labor

Question 18

what was 2 good reforms that roosevelt passed?

Answer 18

the pure food and drug act, meat inspection act, usda-united states department of agriculture

Question 19

who did taft file an antitrust lawsuit against?

Answer 19

u.s steel

Question 20

what is the federal trade commission?

Answer 20

government can shut down company if there hurting the trade competition

Question 21

what is the clayton antitrust act?

Answer 21

government put restrictions on the trading competition

Question 22

what was federal level?

Answer 22

gave power back to people

Question 23

what was local level?

Answer 23

give power/control to the experts

Question 24

what is direct primary?

Answer 24

more say to peoples voting and gave them the choice to choose a candidate

Question 25

what were the 2 most impactful environmental laws?

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1. the reclamation act

2. antiquity act

Question 26

what was another name the antiquity act

Answer 26

forest reserve act

Question 27

what was the forest reserve act?

Answer 27

set aside land for state parks

Question 28

what was the 18th amendment?

Answer 28

prohibition- banning of hard liquor

Question 29

what was the 19th amendment?

Answer 29

womens rights to vote

Question 30

what law did supreme court pass due to the pressy v. ferguson case?

Answer 30

separate but equal law. blacks and whites segregated but “suppose” to the same equality with things