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chapter 9 Flashcards

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Florence Kelly

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advocate for improving the lives of women and children
help to win the passage of Illinois factory act
A social and political reformer
worked against sweatshops
wanted minimum-wage eight hour workdays and children’s rights

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prohibition

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Banning the manufacture and sale of alcohol

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muckrakers

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journalists who wrote about the corrupt side of business and Public life in mass circulation magazines and newspapers

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Robert La Follette

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Wisconsin Governor who attacked big businesses to drive them out of politics

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initiative

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Bill organized by the people rather than lawmakers

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referendum

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excepting or rejecting an initiative via vote

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recall

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to remove officials from office before their term is up

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17th amendment

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allowed for direct election of Senators by all people of the state

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suffrage

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The right to vote

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Susan B Anthony

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leading proponent of woman suffrage cofounded national woman suffrage Association

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Vassar College

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first woman’s college in the US

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National Association of colored woman

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managed nurseries reading rooms and kindergartens for the moral education of colored people

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three-part strategy for suffrage

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gain the right to vote, pursue rights through the courts and constitutional amendment for suffrage

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Upton Sinclair

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wrote the jungle novel about the meatpacking industry

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Square deal

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describe various progressive reform

Roosevelt

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meat inspection act

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required strict cleanliness requirements for the meatpacking industry

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pure food and drug act

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halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling

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conservation

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some wilderness areas would be preserved while others would be developed for the common good

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WEB DuBois

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early civil rights activist who helped establish the NAACP

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NCAAP

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organization for racial equality

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Ida Tarbell

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McCracken journalist who wrote the history of standard oil Company for McClure’s magazine exposing unscrupulous business practices

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what did the 14th amendment failed to grant

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woman’s voting right

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what is the Federal Reserve system

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A national Bank

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FTC

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Agency that investigates trade violations

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NACW

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Organization for improving African American education

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progressivism

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movement to return government control to the people

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scientific management

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management meant to improve productivity in the workplace

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Clayton antitrust act

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protecting unions from big business

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Roosevelts square deal

c’s

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consumer protection
cooperation
conservation

laws will be enforced equally on people and business

30
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consumer protection

SD

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meat inspection act

pure food and drug act

31
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trusts

SD

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Sherman Antitrust act (break up trusts)

broke up standard oil
broke up 6 trusts total

32
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unregulated big business

SD

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wanted federal regulation

set minimum rates for railroads and couldn’t change set rates without notifying public
Elkins act
Hepburn act

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Elkins act

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can’t give or receive rebates (railroads)

34
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Hepburn act

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limited distribution of free railroad passes

35
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what did Roosevelt do for the 1902 coal strike

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10% raise

9 hour work days

36
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conservation

SD

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national reclamation act

1.5 million acres for water power sites
20 million acres to geological survey
150 million acres of forest reserve

37
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Roosevelt and racial discrimination

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supported individuals
fails to support
Booker T Washington to lunch

38
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Booker T Washington

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leader of all black training school

39
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Progressives Taft

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  • no Richard Ballinger
  • wasn’t progressive enough
  • supported Payne Aldrich act
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Payne Aldrich act

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decreased some tariffs and increased others

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Richard Ballinger

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opened 1 million acres to timber and mining

42
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who did the progressives form into

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bull moose party

by Roosevelt as a third party candidate

43
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conservatives and Taft

3

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supported him, broke up 90 trusts

  1. didn’t like Roosevelt because he busted up trusts
  2. Supported Payne Aldrich act
  3. less conservation
44
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who did the conservatives turn into

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republicans

45
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1912 election and big business

progressives

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Roosevelt

big businesses okay, don’t monopolize

46
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1912 election and big business

republicans

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big businesses okay

Taft

47
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1912 elections and big businesses

democrats

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Wilson

didn’t like monopolies and big businesses

small companies increase competition

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1912 election and big business

socialists

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Eugene V Debs

redistribute wealth
government should own businesses

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what did Wilson want, basic

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economic opportunities

50
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three things Wilson did

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attacked trusts
reduced tariffs
reorganized fine ideal system

51
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attacked trusts

Wilson

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Clayton Antitrust act

Federal trade act

52
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Reduce tariffs

Wilson

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underwood act

53
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reorganize financial system

Wilson

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federal income tax (16th amendment)

federal reserve act

54
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Progressive movement

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The struggle to make government more responsive to the needs of the people it aimed at restoring economic opportunities and correcting injustices in American life

55
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how did new opportunities for women affect their lives

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marriage was no longer demanded

worked towards Niger education and went to college

56
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two strategies for suffragists

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pass state laws

14th amendment which didn’t allow them to vote

57
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which amendment let women vote

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19th

58
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when did the 19th amendment pass

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1920

59
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four goals of progressivism

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protecting social welfare
promoting moral improvement
create economic reforms
fostering efficiency

60
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protecting social welfare progressivism

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soften working conditions

61
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promoting moral improvement

progressivism goal

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improve personal behavior, prohibition

62
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creating economic reform

progressivism

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more equality

63
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fostering efficiency

progressivism

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cut back on work days to be more productive

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