progressivism Flashcards
1
Q
tenements
A
slum apartments in cities,
2
Q
graft
A
political corruption to gain money
3
Q
reform
A
to change for the better
4
Q
populism
A
more power to ordinary people
5
Q
progressivism
A
fixing society with government change
6
Q
Americanization
A
immigrants learning to be “American”
7
Q
public education
A
government run schools
8
Q
environmental regulation
A
laws about how environments treated
9
Q
conservation
A
protecting and preserving environment
10
Q
suffrage
A
the right to vote
11
Q
Susan b Anthony
A
she fought for women’s rights
12
Q
19th amendment
A
granted women the right to vote
13
Q
sherman antitrust act
A
anti-monopoly law from 1890
14
Q
Clayton antitrust act
A
stopped monopolies merging and helped labor unions
15
Q
muckrakers
A
journalists who exposed wrongdoing
