Progressive Era

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Theory that the “strong” become more wealthy and powerful, while the “weak” become poorer and less powerful

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Social Darwinism

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Social movement that provided a religious explanation for addressing the problems of society such as inequality, poverty, and crime

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Social Gospel

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African American educator and leader who called for Black progress through education and entrepreneurship.

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Booker T. Washington

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African American educator and leader who called for Black progress through full civil rights and increased political representation.

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W.E.B. DuBois

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Political theory which claims to represent “the people” against those “the elite”

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Populism

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Leader of the Socialist Party of America, and founder of the Industrial Workers of the World

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Eugene V. Debbs

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American labor leader who founded the American Federation Labor (AFL) to advocate for skilled workers rights.

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Samuel Gompers

Question 8

When smaller companies turn control of their stock over to a more powerful company in exchange for profits

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Trust

Question 9

When one company makes up the entire market without competitive pressures from other companies

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Monopoly

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Federal law that prohibits activities that restrict trade and competition in the marketplace.

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Sherman Anti Trust Act

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Law that prevented unfair methods of competition: banned practices of price discrimination; declared strikes, boycotts, and labor unions legal under federal law.

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Clayton Anti Trust Act

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Urban dwelling, educated, middle class people who believed that government needed to undergo major change in order to solve society’s problems.

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Progressives

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Progressive journalists who exposed the problems that existed in the American society as a result of the rise of big business, urbanization, and immigration.

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Muckrakers

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Allows Congress to levy (collect) a tax on income from any source

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16th Amendment

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Gave people the right to vote directly for their Senators instead of their state’s legislature.

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17th Amendment

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Prohibited the production, transport, and sale of alcohol.

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18th Amendment

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Theodore Roosevelts Progressive legislation that reformed conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection.

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Square Deal

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Government activities aimed at breaking up monopolies and trusts; led by Theodore Roosevelt.

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Trust Busting

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Progressive muckraker who exposed the meat-packing industry to improve working conditions in his book “The Jungle.”

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Upton Sinclair

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Progressive Governor of Wisconsin who implemented primary elections and tax reform. Unsuccessful 1924 Presidential candidate.

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Robert La Follette

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Prohibited the sale of misbranded or contaminated food and drugs. Laid the foundation for the nation’s first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

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Pure Food & Drug Act

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Prohibited the sale of contaminated or misbranded livestock and derived products as food and ensured sanitary slaughtering and processing of livestock.

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Meat Inspection Act

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Established the Federal Reserve System as the central bank of the United States. Provided the nation with a safer, more flexible, and more stable monetary and financial system.

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Federal Reserve Act

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Name given to the fight for women and poor people to gain the right to vote.

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Suffrage Movement

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Prohibits the government from denying the right to vote based on sex. Gave women the right to vote.

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19th Amendment