progressivism Flashcards
Willam Taft
Taft busted close to 99 trusts
Union Workers
opposed monopolies
Federal Reserve
print money and set interest rats
The Jungle
conditions in the meatpacking plants
Muckraking
Ida Tarbell, Upton Sinclair, Lincoln Steffens
Jacob Riis
focused muckraking cities (urban)
Progressive Era
know four goals- Mainly going after big businesses
Prohibition
the banning of alcohol (morals)
Anti-Trusts
create competition
Social Darwinism
Laissez-faire free from the government reg
Result of Progressivism
19th amendment
4 Goals of Progressive
social reform, moral improvement, economic reform, and fostering efficiency
Social Reform
salvation army
Populism
stricter government regulation
Trusts
monopolies were harmful to the public interest