chapter 14 Flashcards
(12 cards)
what social problems did Upton Sinclair’s novel the jungle describe?
working conditions of meat industries.
what did progressive women reformers work to achieve?
limit working hours
what reform did the 19th amendment enact?
women rights to vote
what was one goal of the Americanization movement during the progressive era?
correct social and political injustices.
who was web dubois an outspoken critic of?
Booker t Washington
what did teddy Roosevelt support?
businesses doing fairly
what resource did the national reclamation act directly affect?
water
why did Roosevelt run for president in 1912?
Taft changed everything which made him not like
how did Wilson try to protect workers?
lowered tariffs
what fields did progressives aim to reform?
education
what was one way progressives differed from populists?
middle class whites from urban areas
what did president Wilson accomplish as president?
lowered tariffs to keep prices down
