Progressivism vocb Flashcards
(18 cards)
Tenements
Slum apartments in cities
Graft
Political corruption to gain money
Reform
To change for the better
Populism
More power to ordinary people
Progressivism
Fixing society with government change
Americanization
Immigrants learning to be “American”
Public Education
Government runs schools
Environmental regulations
Law about how environment’s treated
Conservation
Protecting and preserving the environment
Suffrage
The right to vote
Susan B. Anthony
Fought for women’s rights
19th Amendment
Granted women the right to vote
Sherman Antitrust Act
Anti-monopoly law from 1890
Clayton Antitrust Act
Stopped monopolies merging and helped labor unions
Muckrakers
Journalists who exposed wrongdoing
Theodore Roosevelt
Progressive President: Fought for conservation
Federal Reserve System
Central bank created to protect banks from failing
16th Amendment
Allowed income tax