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progressive era Flashcards

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4 main beliefs

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1) govt. should be accountable
2) govt should curb over & influence of wealthy interests
3) gov should expand powers to become more active in improving lives
4) govt should be more efficient and less corrupt

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tr’s 3 cs

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conservation, corporate law, consumer

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square deal results

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9 hr workday, 10% in in wage, no formal recognition of union

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problems w sherman antitrust

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  • lacked effective enforcement resources
  • limited judicial interrpetation
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northern securities

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illegal combination of railroads by stockholders of great northern and northern pacific railroad companies

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problems w icc

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  • terms contradicted
  • boost competition, penalize competition
  • laws created didnt designate enforcement
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elkins act

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rebates

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hepburn act

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gives ic power to investigate private business records and set rates

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pure food and drug act

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forbad manufacture, sale, & transportation of mislabeled food/drugs

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meat inspection act

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prevented adulterer/misbranded meat from being sold & fed inspectors visited meatpacking plants to ensure minimum standards for sanitation

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newlands reclamation act

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funded irrigation projets for arid land

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national conservation commission

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established by gifford pinchot
- prepared first inventory of natural resources

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giffard pinchot

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1st director of us forest serviec
- Pinchot developed policy for land & water
- advised tr into setting aside 200 million for forests, mineral reserves, water projects

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payne aldirch tariff

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compromise over tariff rates (revised and reduced tariffs, fell short of progressives)

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mann Elkins act

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taft felt ica & Hepburn only partially effective, so mea allows icc to set maximum freight rates railroads can charge & extended jurisdiction over telephones and telegraphs

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richard a balinger

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secretary of interior (anti conservationist)
at odds w/ pinchot
- allowed private business to take alaskan public lands for cola use
- lead to pinchot being fired

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house rules committee

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decides bill passsage
- originally sleeted by house speaker (Joseph cannon)
- later changed so full membership appoints

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1910 midterms

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  • roosevelt returns
  • new nationalism
  • dems gain hor & senate control
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Mann act

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criminalizes transportation of women and girls in interstate/foreign commerce

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underwood tariff act

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  • federal income tax
  • tariff reduction from 40 -> 25
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clayton antitrust

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  • strengthened sherman anti-trust
  • outlined specific things bb can’t do that leads to or is product of monopolizing
  • prevents courts from viewing unions as monpolies
  • outlawed injunctions unless irreparable injury was caused
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union key weapons

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(1) strike (2) peaceful protest (3) boycott

23
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federal reserve system

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  1. federal reserve board (appointed by prez)
  2. 12 member banks
  3. private banks
  4. consumer
24
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4 economic issues of gilded age

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  1. too much money on wall street
  2. no flexible money supply
  3. no central bank
  4. no stability in banking sector

–> Wilson wants to overhaul banking system to ease panics & promote competition

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federal reserve notes

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can expand or contract circulation supervised by fed reserve board

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federal farm loan board

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board + system of farm loan banks loaning to farmers for 40-50 years w/ rates lower than commercial

27
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brandeis

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jewish scouts nominee by wilson
brings peak of progressive reofrms
- oversaw legislation limiting child labor

28
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teddy roosevelt

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1901-1909
- election of 1904

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taft

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1909-1913

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wilson

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1913-1921
- election of 1912
- election of 1916

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settlement houses

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organization providing support services to urban poor & European immigrants

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florence kelley

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  • hill house
  • investigate labor conditions
    lead to a) no child labor b) limited working hours for women c) regulated sweat shop conditions
33
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mother jones

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  • lost everything in great Chicago fire
  • knights of labors, organized unions
  • founded international workers of the world
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rose schneiderman

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activist post triangle shirtwaist factory fire
- called for city to a) appoint fire inspectors b) make fire drills compulsory c) unlock and fire-proof doors d) require automatic sprinklers

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robert m la follete

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-direct primary: citizens select nominees
-wiscosin idea: legislators work with academics experts

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muckrakers

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reform minded journalists and photographers

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national consumer league

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fight for welfare of consumers and workers with little power in marketplace & workplace

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national child labor committee

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proposed model child labor laws
- mandatory attendance kept kids out of manual labor

39
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lochner vs ny (1905)

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ny bakershop act (>60 hr per week or >10 hr per day is prohibited)
- violates 14th amendment
- interfered w/ private property rights
- doesn’t advance health or safety objectives

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muller v oregon (1908)

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high court rules health of women need special protection from long hours (doesn’t violate 14th amendment)

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16th amendment

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income tax

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17th amendment

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direct election of senators

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18th amendment

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prohibition (repealed)

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19th amendment

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suffrage

45
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home rule

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cities gain limited degree of self rule
- against machines

46
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Seth low

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supported by municipal reformers, ran against tammany hall
- settlement houses helped
- low lost, won in 1901, and tammany wn after

47
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Galveston model

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  • Galveston created emergency commission after hurricane struck
  • so efficient it was permanently instituted
  • 5 appointed dadminstrators
48
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council manager government

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ohio flooded
- used this form, elected city council which set laws and appointed a city manager

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initiative

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people put laws directly on ballot by garnering signatures

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referendum

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citizens approve/reject law passed by senator

51
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recall

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voters remove an elected official from office thru referendum before official term has ended

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