progressive era

Question 1

what 30 year period is the gilded age

Answer 1

1870-1900

Question 2

who started calling it gilded age

Answer 2

mark twain

Question 3

what does gilded age mean

Answer 3

the problems were being covered up (ignored)

Question 4

individualism

Answer 4

anyone can succeed if they work hard

Question 5

laissez-faire

Answer 5

government sound keep “hands off” economy

Question 6

social darwinism

Answer 6

people who succeed in life do so because they are genetically superior

Question 7

gospel of wealth

Answer 7

government should not help the less fortunate (the rich can help through building stuff and creating jobs)

Question 8

realism

Answer 8

effort to use art, photography, and writing to reveal life as it really is

Question 9

journalists who publish photos and descriptions of the ugly side of american life

Answer 9

muckrakers

Question 10

naturalism

Answer 10

encircle t and experience play a role in one’s choices made

Question 11

the _______ was passed to address political patronage (make sure people were qualified to work for gov)

Answer 11

pendleton act

Question 12

the ___________________ passed to regulate rates that railroads charge for transporting goods

Answer 12

interstate commerce act

Question 13

for the first time, progressive american _______ got involved in community service

Answer 13

churches

Question 14

what groups did charity work and improve the morality and character of americans

Answer 14

salvation army, ymca

Question 15

public schools were used to _____________ immigrant children and give them a better chance to succeed

Answer 15

americanize

Question 16

hull houses

Answer 16

provide services for more and immigrant women and children

Question 17

poll taxes

Answer 17

prevent african americans from voting (passed by gov)

Question 18

jim crow

Answer 18

forcing the separation of races in public facilities

Question 19

government did little to prevent lynching which was

Answer 19

terror, control, intimidation, to african americans

Question 20

progressive reform of the government was intended to put…

Answer 20

power into the hands of the people

Question 21

imitative

Answer 21

have citizens authority to propose new laws

Question 22

referendum

Answer 22

citizens can vote for proposed laws (like school budget)

Question 23

recall

Answer 23

ability to vote to remove elected officials

Question 24

17th amendment

Answer 24

ability to vote directly for senators

Question 25

primaries and caucuses

Answer 25

choosing presidential candidates

Question 26

national consumers league

Answer 26

inspected and approved the quantity and safety of consumer goods

Question 27

worker compensation

Answer 27

provided medical expenses to employees who were hurt on the job

Question 28

zoning

Answer 28

prevented overcrowding

Question 29

19th amendment

Answer 29

women right to vote (1920)

Question 30

temperance movement

Answer 30

women spoke negatively about alcohol

Question 31

16th amendment

Answer 31

gave government authority to tax incomes

Question 32

theodore roosevelt

Answer 32

trust building
labor unions
food safety
national parks

Question 33

trust building

Answer 33

broke up monopolies

Question 34

labor unions

Answer 34

fought rights for workers

Question 35

william howard taft

Answer 35

broke up monopolies
children’s bureau
hydroelectric power

Question 36

william howard taft broke up _______ monopolies and trusts and roosevelt

Answer 36

more

Question 37

children’s bureaus

Answer 37

enforce child labor laws

Question 38

hydroelectric power

Answer 38

prevent monopolies regarding power and energy

Question 39

woodrow wilson

Answer 39

underwood tariff
fed reserve bank
def trade commission

Question 40

underwood tariff

Answer 40

reduced tariffs from 60% to 30% that increased american trade profit

Question 41

infrastructures

Answer 41

roads, bridges, transportation, energy systems (make and move goods)

Question 42

tariff

Answer 42

tax on imported good

Question 43

how can tariff hurt consumers

Answer 43

higher prices

Question 44

how can tariff hurt exporters

Answer 44

make expensive

Question 45

how can tariff help american producers

Answer 45

reduce competition

Question 46

progressive tax

Answer 46

more $ you make, the more u are taxed

Question 47

regressive tax

Answer 47

everyone pats the same $

Question 48

how to monopolies hurt consumers

Answer 48

decrease competition

price up, quantity down

Question 49

inflation

Answer 49

increase in prices over a period of time

Question 50

how do low interest rates help economy

Answer 50

consumer and investment spending increase

Question 51

ending oil, gas, hydroelectric monopolies help consumers by…

Answer 51

lowering price of wnergy

Question 52

lobbyists

Answer 52

people try to get government to do things for them