Progressive Era Quiz Flashcards
Teddy Roosevelt stances
Trust-Busting: Broke up monopolies.
Conservation: Expanded national parks.
Consumer Protection: Improved food safety.
Labor Rights: Mediated in labor disputes.
Railroad Regulation: Ensured fair pricing.
Social Justice: Supported suffrage and civil rights.
Foreign Policy: Negotiated peace and “Square Deal.”
Willaim. Howard
Trust-Busting: Continued antitrust efforts.
Conservation: Expanded national parks.
Dollar Diplomacy: Used economic power abroad.
Judiciary Act of 1925: Strengthened federal courts.
Labor Rights: Supported workers’ rights.
Woodrow Wilson
New Freedom: Advocated for small business and competition.
Federal Reserve Act: Established a central banking system.
Clayton Antitrust Act: Strengthened antitrust regulations.
Women’s Suffrage: Supported the 19th Amendment.
World War I: Led the U.S. during the war for global democracy.
Ida Tarbell
A muckraker and journalist who exposed the standard oil company and helped with anti trust.
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair: Wrote “The Jungle,” improved food safety.
Progressivism
Progressivism: Advocates for social and political reform, takes forms like political, economic, social, environmental, educational, healthcare, cultural, and technological progressivism.
Muckrakers
Muckrakers: Investigative journalists exposing issues.
Wilsons new freedom
Wilson’s New Freedom: Advocated for small business and competition.
Electoral reform
Electoral Reform: Improving the electoral system.
TR’s Square Deal:
TR’s Square Deal: Promoted fairness and social justice.
16th Amendment:
16th Amendment: Allows federal income tax.
17th Amendment:
17th Amendment: Direct election of Senators
Payne-Aldrich Tariff:
Payne-Aldrich Tariff: Raised tariffs, disappointed progressives.
Meat Inspection Act:
Meat Inspection Act: Improved meat safety standards.
Pure Food and Drug Act:
Regulated food and drug quality.
