Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM

Browse over 1 million classes created by top students, professors, publishers, and experts.


See full index

11th Grade U.S. History > Progressive Era > Flashcards

Progressive Era Flashcards

You may prefer our related Brainscape-certified flashcards:
AP® U.S. History flashcards World History 101 flashcards European History 101 flashcards AP® European History flashcards AP® World History flashcards World History 102 flashcards U.S. History 101 flashcards U.S. History 102 flashcards
1
Q

A political party that appealed to both farmers & workers who had been treated poorly by big business

A

Populist Party

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Made it illegal to form a trust and gave gov authority to break it up

A

Clayton Anti-Trust Act

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Broke up Rockefellers standard oil company, gave ICC power to regulate telephone & telegraph companies, supported passage of 16th amendment

A

William Howard Taft

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Helped support establishment of Federal Reserve System, Farm Loan Act, Clayton Anti-Trust Act and 19th Amendment

A

Woodrow Wilson

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Limited the amount of Chinese Immigrants into the U.S. after the transcontinental RR was built

A

Chinese Exclusion Act

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Tragic event in NYC that contributed to improved safety laws in the workplace

A

Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Provided job training programs for the poor in settlement houses aka Hull House. Created new profession: social worker

A

Jane Addams

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People which helped to provide job training, education and legal counsel to Black Americans.

A

NAACP

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

In 1919, it banned the sale, transportation & manufacturing of alcohol in the U.S.

A

18th Amendment

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Declared a law limiting work to 10 hours a day was unconstitutional, Result: workers could be forced to work as long as owners wanted

A

Lochner v. New York (1905)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

Female workers required special rules and protection on the job,Result: women can be limited to a 10 hour workday

A

Muller v. Oregon (1908)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

Negative Effects of Industrialization + urbanization, Poor working conditions,Child labor-Salary cuts for workers, Political Machines/Corruption

A

Why was Progressivism (reform) necessary?

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Theodore Roosevelt (“trustbuster”, conservationist), William H. Taft, & Woodrow Wilson

A

Who are the “Progressive” Presidents?

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

Muckrakers… specifically…Jacob Riis=How The Other Half Lives=Urban poor in tenements Upton Sinclair=The Jungle=Meatpacking Industry,Ida Tarbell=History of the Standard Oil Company=Abuses of Standard Oil,Frank Norris=The Octopus=unfair RR monopoly practices,Lincoln Steffens=The Shame of the Cities=political machines/corruption in cities

A

Journalists who exposed abuses and corruption of industrialization

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Consumer Protection,Pure Food & Drug Act,Meat Inspection Act,Regulating Business”Trustbuster”: Allow good trusts to continue—dissolve bad trusts.,Conservation,US forest service,Tripled the amount of land under federal protection

A

Theodore Roosevelt’s Square Deal

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

Booker T. Washington: African Americans should learn skills + gain an education -Don’t demand rights, change takes time,WEB DuBois: African Americans need to demand political power NOW -Created NAACP

A

How were Booker T. Washington & WEB DuBois different?

17
Q

Women who started the fight (1848-1906),Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton,Women who continued the fight (1900-1919),Carrie Chapman Catt & Alice Paul

A

Women’s Suffrage

18
Q

Picketed President Wilson outside white house (Alice Paul)Hunger strikes in jail (Alice Paul)Marches,Lobbied Congress,Petitions,Conventions & Speeches,Newspaper (The Suffragist, Alice Paul)

A

Tactics used by women’s rights movement

19
Q

Women get the right to vote, Contributions they made during WWI (ex: working, nurses)

A

19th Amendment 1920

20
Q

Allow citizens to propose new laws

A

Initiative

21
Q

Allow citizens to vote on a proposed or existing law

A

Referendum

22
Q

Allow voters to remove an elected official from office

A

Recall

23
Q

US Senators are elected DIRECTLY by the people

A

17th Amendment

24
Q

Allows the gov’t to 1. control the amount of $ in circulation. 2. adjust the amount of credit available to meet needs of changing economy

A

Federal Reserve System

25
Q

(Graduated) income tax. The more you make the more you pay in taxes

A

16th Amendment (1913)

11th Grade U.S. History (12 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2024 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions