The progessive movement Flashcards
someone who exposed the yuck of society
-journalist
muckrakers
the progressive governed of winscosin
Robert M La Follette
- president #26
- preserves national park
- republican
Theodore Roosevelt
3 C’S.
- Conservation
- Consumer protection
- Control of corporations
Theodore’s progressive plan
Square deal
laws that regulated railroad industry
Elkins & Hepburn Acts
- Conservation
- seized all the forests and many of the water public domain before the bill, which limited his authority over public lands, became law
Pinchot and Muir
- president #27
- republican
- Fires Pinchot, supports high tariff, Bff’s with uncle joe
- stuck in the bathtub fat
Howard Taft
very high tariff
Payne-Aldrich Tariff
speaker of the house who opposed progressive reforms
“uncle joe”
Theodores idea
-called for the strengthening of the regulatory powers of the federal government
“New Nationalism”
- president #28
- democratic
- a progressive
Woodrow Wilson
launched by Roosevelt when he summoned his supporters to Chicago in August Roosevelt wanted to nominate himself
“bull moose”
progressive party
leader of the socialist party
criticizes US entering WW1
runs for president 5 times
Eugene V Debs
the banks , trusts , and tariffs that Wilson pledges to topple
Triple wall of privilege
lowest tariff
pushed by Woodrow Wilson
underwood tariff
amendment that legalized the income tax
16th amendment
established that senators were to be elected directly ( by people $
17th amendment
12 banks that can print mint money
12 banks under the authority of the federal reserve board
federal reserve act
1st Jewish Supreme Court judge nominated by Wilson
Louis D Brandeis
- Woodrow Wilson
- domestic policy that promoted antitrust modification, tariff revision, and reform in banking and currency matters
“New Freedom”
– Embraced by both parties
- supported by middle & upper class
- all gov. supported
progressive movement
