Progressivism Flashcards
Tenements
Slum apartments in cities
• Example: the apartment they live in
in The Jungle
Political Corruption
Political corruption to gain money
Example: taking bribes
Reform
• To change for the better
• Example: Passing the “meat
inspection act”
Populism
More power to ordinary people
• Example: 17th amendment allows
for the direct election of senators
Progressivism
Fixing society with government change
• Example: passing the prohibition of
alcohol (18th amendment)
Americanism
Immigrants learning to be
“American”
Public Schools
- Government run schools
* Example: Lancaster City Schools
Environmental Regulations
Laws about how environment’s
treated
• Example: It’s illegal to dump waste
from your factory into rivers
Conservation
• Protecting and preserving the environment • Example: President Teddy Roosevelt established many national parks and protected wilderness areas
Suffrage
The right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
Fought for women’s rights
especially voting
19th amendment
Granted women the right to vote
Sherman Anti-Trust act
Anti-monopoly law from 1890
Clayton Anti-Trust act
Stopped Monopolies merging &
helped labor unions
MuckRackers
Journalists who exposed wrongdoing
• Example: Upton Sinclair (wrote The
Jungle)