28 Flashcards

(33 cards)

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Progressivists

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Middle class reformers that try to use the government to fix societies evils

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Progressive social goals

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Tenements, crime, factory labor, product quality

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3
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Progressive economic goals

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get rid of trusts

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Progressive political goals

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End corruption, no more elite controlling government, and make it more democratic aka power to people

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mukrakers

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Writers in magazines that try to expose a society problem. They didn’t lie, but hoped that the people would put pressure on the government to fix these problems.

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Progressiveness in government and politics

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initiative referendum recall corrupt practices act Australian ballot 17th amendment 19th amendment

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Initiative

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People propose legislation and force government to vote on it

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Referendum

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people vote on issues that legislation comes up with

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9
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Corrupt practices act

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caps on how much money a candidate can accept from businesses for campaign

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10
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Progressives are not

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Socialists

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11
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Australian ballot

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confidential vote

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12
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17th amendment

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direct election of senate

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13
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19th amendment

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womens suffrage

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14
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recall

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people can vote a law out if they don’t like it

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Womens protection in workforce

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Many states pass laws restriciting working hours and conditions that women worked in because their fragile bodies are needed to bear children

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16
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Muller v Oregan

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A man overworks a women and refuses to pay fine so he takes it to national court. Us supreme court officially enforces womens protection in the workplace.

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Triangle Shirtwaist company

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Women are padlocked in on the tenth floor to sew, but they all die in a horrible fire

18
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18th ammendment

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Complete ban on all alcoholic beverages in america

19
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TR’s 3 C’s

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Controlling corporations
Conserving the enviroment
Caring for the consumer

20
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Caing for consumer

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Not allowing companies to produce a dangerous product, or false- advertising

21
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Conserving the enviroment

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making sure that forests and americas nature wealth is protected

22
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Controlling corporations

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Keep some trusts and bust others that were bad for the consumer

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Elkins and hepburn act

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First successful effort to limit railroad

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Anthrocyte coal shortage

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Workers go on strike and owners realize that america will blame the workers if they don’t get their coal, but TR says that if they dont find something out, he will send troops down to mine the coal for the people

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TR sqaure deal
Deals that are good for worker, consumer, and owner
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TR legacy
the US is a world power that is very nationalistic and centrist
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Taft Dollar Diplomacy
Relies on only american loans and investments to keep other countries on their side of the ocean
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Taft and Tariff
Taft lowers the tariff for the first time in a while but there is a lot of restrictions. he still loves it.
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WW triple wall of privelage
Tariff, Banks, Trusts
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clayton anti-trust act
like the effective sherman anti-trust act
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Tariff?
Reduced to benefit people
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Moralistic Diplomacy
We respect the independence of other nations and don't intervene. Doesn't actually follow this
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Tampico Incident
We see a shipment of weapons go to a feuding mexico and break moralistic diplomacy by intercepting it.