progressive move Flashcards
How were the cities?
- filled with immigrants
- terrible housing
- overcrowed
- dirty water
How did reformers help solve city problems?
made them cleaner and safer
How were factories?
Unsafe conditions (long hours and dangerous conditions) especially for women and children
How did reformers help solve factory problems?
Wanted labor unions so they discuss problems
What problems were reformers hoping to solve regarding child labor?
Children worked in factories to help their families but they worked long hours doing dangerous things.
Why did progressive (people) fear big businesses?
Big business had to much control over the economy and the government
How did reformers help with child labor?
Children could not work until the age of 18
How did congress solve the problem of Big Business and monopolies?
By passing the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Sherman Anti-Trust Act
Bans monopolies
What are muckrakers?
a person who writes about problems and uncovers the muck
What did muckrakers hope to accomplish?
to bring awareness to the public about how bad things really were
What was the 18th amendment?
bans alcohol for being drunk or sold
What was the purpose of the 21st amendment?
repeal the 18th amendment
what does repeal mean?
to cancel
difference between prohibition and blue laws
prohibition= no alcohol
blue law= no alcohol on Sunday
prohibition
no alcohol
blue law
no alcohol on Sunday
What is a trust?
monopoly (a business with all the power)
Why was Teddy Roosevelt called the trustbuster?
Trusts (monopolies) were busted up by him
What is conservation and why Teddy Roosevelt feel it was important?
conservatists want to save natural resources- he always loved the outdoors and that nature benefits the people
How did the writing by muckrakers lead to several reforms that protected consumers?
Pure food and drug act (FDA) made sure food was safe to consume
Upton Sinclair (a muckraker) wrote
the jungle
