Progressive Era Flashcards
List three benefits John d Rockefeller gave to society
Refined oil, reduced prices so low so everyone could afford it, saved the whales
List two ways Andrew Carnegie’s success in the steel business helped others
Others were able to get steel easier, able to build large buildings
List three causes or factors that led to urbanization
The building of the railroads and steel, the industrial revolution, immigration
Who was the author of the jungle
Upton Sinclair
Describe progressive era
A period of social activism and political reform in the US that flourished from the late 1890s to the 1920s
Initiative
Allows a citizen to place a measure or issue before the voters or the legislature for approval
Recall
The mechanism that enables voters To remove unsatisfactory elected officials from office
Referendum
The practice of letting voters except or reject measures proposed by the legislator
Which woman advocated for woman suffrage
Susan B Anthony
Which women advocated laws to be in child labor in laws limiting workday for women
Florence Kelly
Who is most known for advocating prohibition of alcohol
Carrie nation
What was amendment 16 about
Income tax
What was amendment 17 about
Direct election of Senators
Amendment in 18
Prohibition
Amendment 19
Woman suffrage
True or false, the trusts formed in the late 1800s acted as monopolies by cutting production in raising prices
Force
True or false, the reforms of the progressive era rejected the founding fathers view on the role of government in the world for substantial growth in the size of the federal government
Falls
Sure false, the jungle, inspired the meat inspection act and the pure food and drug act even though the books description of meatpacking plants was fictitious
True
Women suffrage
Right of women to vote in elections
List three economic or social problems progressive is sought to solve
Poverty, women suffrage, and prohibition
How did the role of government during the progressive era differ From the time of the nation’s founding?
This is one capitalism was put in a place where the economic system was being controlled the nation was founded as a republic where the people elected representatives to roll the difference is it changed between rude people old republic to a government ruling in capitalism
