Unit 3 - Progressivism Flashcards
Tenements
• Slum apartments in cities
• Example: the apartment they live in
in The Jungle
Graft
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)
Americanization
• Immigrants learning to be
“American”
Public Education
- 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 Antitrust Act
• Anti-monopoly law from 1890
Clayton Antitrust Act
• Stopped Monopolies merging &
helped labor unions
Muckrackers
• Journalists who exposed wrongdoing
• Example: Upton Sinclair (wrote The
Jungle)
