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Who were the Progressives?

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Middle class urban Americans

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Define Progressivism

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Non Partisan middle class group that works for the expansion of democracy, social justice, and an end to corruption

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Clayton Act

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Exempted unions from antitrust laws

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Sherman Act

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Illegal to restrain trade. Made to be used against competition, but ended up being used against labor unions.

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Leading progressive reformers

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Wilson, TR, Lofolett

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Watchdog agencies of progressive era

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ICC
Federal reserve
FDA

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16th amendment

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Income tax

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17th amendment

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Direct election of senators

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18th amendment

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Prohibition

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19th amendment

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Woman’s suffrage

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20th amendment

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Lame duck

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21st amendment

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Repeals prohibition

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Federal Reserve System

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Regulates money supply

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Federal Farm Loan Act

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Gave long term low interest loans to farmers

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Federal Trade Comission

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Enforcer of the Sherman act

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Food and Drug Administration

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Meat inspection act

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Interstate Commerce Commission

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Hepburn Act - Allow ICC to set freight rates if fair rates aren’t made

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Influence of Populists

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Represent the interests of the ordinary people

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Omaha Platform

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Australian Ballot - Secret ballot
Primary elections
Democratic reforms
Income tax
8 hour workday
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Medicare

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Heath insurance for poor

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New Deal

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Government becomes a caretaker

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Initiative

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Power of a citizen to propose a law

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Referendum

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Issue that is put to the vote of the people

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Recall

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Special election to remove an official from office

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Postal Savings Banking System
Proposed by Taft, pilot program for FDIC
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Meat Inspection Act
Put into affect because of the book 'The Jungle', which called for a reform in the meat packing industry
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Pure Food and Drug Act
Created the FDA
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Newlands Reformation Act
First conservation law
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Wisconsin Idea...Primary
First environmental law geared on irrigation. Used land in the west to build dams and canals
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Hepburn Act
Allows ICC to set freight rates if freight rates aren't achieved
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Australian Ballot
Secret ballot
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Transportation Act
Beginning of the interstate highway system
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Smith Lever Act
Aid to Farmers
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Smith Hughes Act
First federal law to aid education. Vocational edcucation
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Platform
What a party stands for
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The alignment of 1912
TR split the part and Wilson ended up winning
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Muckrakers
Writers who exposed problems in industrialized America
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Social security act
Makes the government our caretaker
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New Right of the 1980s
Raegan said we needed to scale back on government intervention
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Jacob Riis
Wrote about ghettos and slums in our cities
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Ida Tarbell
"The history of standard oil"
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John Spargo
"The bitter cry of children"
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Lincoln Steffens
"The sham of the cities"
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Upton Sinclair
"The Jungle"
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Rachel Carson
"Silent Spring"
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David Graham Philips
"The treason of the senate" Led to the 17th amendment
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Ray Stanard Baker
"Following the color line"
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Helen Hunt Jackson
"Century of Dishonor"
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Stewart Udall
"The quiet crisis"
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Purpose behind 17th amendment
Direct election of senators | Intended to stop corruption
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Wilson's conservatism on social issues
Failure to up hold civil liberties in WWII
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Alice Paul
Hardcore rioter who got locked up and tortured. | Rioted outside of the white house
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Clarence Darrow
Lawyer | Helped establish American Civil Liberties Union
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Jane Addams
Helped establish American Civil Liberties Union
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Eugene v. Debs
Head of the Pullman strike. Went to jail and ran for president from there.
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Conservation
Wise use and management of natural resources.
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Preservation
Leaving areas untouched, pristine
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The fundamental weakness of Progressivism
Failure to uphold civil liberties
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John Muir
Preservation, preferred national parks
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Liberal
Favors active government
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Conservative
Minimal government involvement
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TR Direct Actionist
TR used his popularity to preach to Americans. Led congress instead of letting them lead him.
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Taft-TR Split
Taft aced very conservatively, and TR didn't like it
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Sedition acts
Example of how Wilson and progressives didn't uphold civil liberties

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