progressivism Flashcards
tenements
slum apartments in the city
graft
political corruption to gain money
reform
to change for the better
populism
more power to ordinary people
progressivism
fixing society w govt change
americanization
immigrants learning to be American
public education
govt runs schools
environment regulations
laws about hows environments treated
conservation
protecting and preserving the environment
suffrage
the right to vote
susan B. Anthony
fought for women’s rights
19th amendment
women got the right to vote
sherman antitrust act
anti-monopoly law from 1890
clayton antitrust act
stooped monopolies from merging
muckrakers
writers who exposed wrong doing
Theodore Roosevelt
progressive president, fought for conversation
federal reserve system
central bank created to protect banks from failing
sixteen amendment
allow income tax