PROGRESSIVISM

Question 1

reform

Answer 1

to change for the better

Question 2

progressivism

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fixing society with government change

Question 3

tenements

Answer 3

slum apartments in cities

Question 4

political corruption

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using a position of power to benefit yourself or your friends

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populism

Answer 5

more power to ordinary people

Question 6

americanization

Answer 6

immigrants learning to be american

Question 7

public education

Answer 7

government run schools

Question 8

environmental regulations

Answer 8

laws about how environments treated

Question 9

conservation

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protecting and preserving the environment

Question 10

suffrage

Answer 10

the right to vote

Question 11

16th amendment

Answer 11

the federal government can collect income tax

Question 12

17th amendment

Answer 12

senators are directly elected by the people of their state, rather than being appointed by the state government

Question 13

18th amendment

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prohibition, banned alcohol everywhere in the U.S

Question 14

19th amendment

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gave women the right to vote

Question 15

sherman antitrust act

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anti-monopolies

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clayton antitrust act

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stopped monopolies merging and helped labor unions

Question 17

muckrakers

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jouralist who exposed wrongdoing

Question 18

theodore Roosevelt

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progressive president: fought for conservation

Question 19

federal reserve system

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central bank created to protect banks from failing

Question 20

16th amendment

Answer 20

allowed income tax