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Progressive Era Flashcards

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WCTU

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Women’s Christian temperance union
-first mass organization among women devoted to social reform
Largest in history

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Florence Kelley

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Social activist who helped win passage of the Illinois factory act in 1893.

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Fredrick Winslow taylor

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Improved workplace efficiency by applying scientific principles to make tasks simpler (Taylorism)

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Susan B Anthony

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Member of Seneca falls group to discuss women’s rights

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Woodrow Wilson

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Democratic president

Reduced tariffs and reformed banks

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NAACP

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African American group founded by WEB DUBOIS

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Lincoln steffens

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Journalist who reported on vote stealing and other corrupt practices of urban political machines

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Frances Willard

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Organized WCTU

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Ida Tarbell

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Journalist who exposed corruption of standard oil company

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Henry ford

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Created the assembly line which increased factory production

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Theodore Roosevelt

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Leader of the bull moose party

Passed meat inspection act and pure food and drug act

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WEB Dubois

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Believed in social equality for African Americans and created NAACP

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Gifford Pinchot

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Former governor of Pennsylvania

Reformed management of forests

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Bull Moose Party

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Formed by teddy Roosevelt after a split in the Republican Party by him and Taft
Progressive party

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Jacob Riis

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Journalist who published photographs of disease, famine and crime that afflicted NYC

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Jane Addams

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Created the Hull House- Salvation Army

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Upton Sinclair

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Exposed the corruption of the meat packing industry

Wrote “the jungle”

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“Fighting bob” Robert lafollette

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Created the Wisconsin idea
Targeted railroad industry and how it should be taxed the same as other businesses
DIRECT PRIMARY- all members vote for a candidate to run in general election

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William Taft

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President after Roosevelt, sucked

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Booker T Washington

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Believed African Americans should focus on economic freedom

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Joe cannon

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Speaker of the Republican Party, considered the best speaker in history

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Populists

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social and political system change that favors “the people” over “the elites”, or favors the common people over the rich and wealthy business owners

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Muller vs Oregon

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Limited working hours for women to 10 hours

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Referendum

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Allows citizens to vote on proposed laws directly

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Initiative

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A bill originated by the people

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Recall

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Provided voters an option to demand a special election to remove an official from office

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18th amendment

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Banned alcoholic beverages sold or distributed in the US

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1902 coal strike

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Pennsylvanian miners were on strike asking for higher wages, shorter workdays and the recognition of their union

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Payne- Aldrich tariff

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bill lowering certain tariffs on goods entering the United States

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New nationalism

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Theodore Roosevelt’s political philosophy during election of 1912
Human welfare and property rights

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Clayton anti trust act

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Prohibits anti-competitiveness

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Elkins Act

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authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.

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Square deal

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All of Roosevelt’s progressive reforms

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Election of 1912

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Because Taft won the Republicans vote to run in the election again, Theodore Roosevelt created the Bull Moose Party in order to run in the election with Taft and Wilson.
Wilson won

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FTC

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Eliminated monopolies

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16th amendment

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Allows congress to levy an income tax without apportioning it among states or basing it on US census

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Keating- Owens act

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Prohibited goods produced by child labor across state lines

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Hepburn act

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Gave the power to set maximum railroad rates and extend its jurisdiction

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New freedom

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Woodrow Wilson’s presidential philosophy

Called for less government

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Trust busting

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government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies

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