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2 Goals during the Progressive Era

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  1. Use government power to controll the truss

2. Lessen the socialist threat by improving the lives and working conditions of the common man.

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4 Things the government was opposed to during the Progressive Era

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  1. Monopolies
  2. Slums
  3. Corruption
  4. Prostitution
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4 of the Governments methods to accomplish their goals

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  1. Direct primary elections in every state.
  2. direct elections of us senators
  3. Initiative
    - allows voters to propose laws
  4. Referendum
    - allows voters to vote on laws
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What are Muckrakers

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Writters who will attack social ills in their writtings

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Author of How the Other Half Lives

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John Rus

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Who wrote the exposé on Standard Oil?

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Ida Tarbell

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Author of “The Shame of the Cities”

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Lincoln Stevens

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Author of Bitter Cry of the Children

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John Spargo

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Leaders of the National American Women’s Suffrage Association

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Susan B. Anthony

Lucy Stone

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Minor VS Happersett

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  • Women are citizens.

- the state can withhold the right to vote.

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19th amendment

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Gives women the right to vote.

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Temperance

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Wanted to limit alcohol, especially liquor.

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Anti-Saloon league

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Kerry Nation

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18th Amendment

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Prohibition amendment

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Bolsters Act

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Enforces prohibition

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Square Deal

-3 C’s

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Controll of the corporations
Consumer protection
Conservation of natural resources

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Elkins Act

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Made it illegal for railroads to take or give secret rebates for freight charges to favorite customers.
Everyone will be charged the same

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Hepburn act

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Prohibited free passes

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Trust Busting

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Govt must prove that big business doesn’t run the country.

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First company broken up by the new trust busting laws

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The Northern Securities Company

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Coal strike

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  • Wanted more pay and 8 hour work day.

- T.R. Invites both parties to White House to settle dispute.

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Leader of United Mine Workers Union

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John Mitchell

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Department of Commerce and Labor

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Helps settle labor disputes

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Meat Inspection Act

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Any mets shipped over state lines is subject to federal inspection.

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Author of the Jungle
Upton Sinclair
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Pure Food and Drug Act
To prevent mislabeling and adulteration of food and drugs
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Desert Land Act
Arid public land sold to individuals at a low price if they agree to irrigate it for 3 years
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Forest Reserve Act
Authorized the president to set aside public forest as national parks
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Carey Act
Public land given to states on condition that it would be irrigated and settled
29
Newlands act
Public lands would be sold to public and the revenues used to develop irrigation projects
30
Aldrich- Vreeland act
National banks can issue emergency currency backed by various kinda of collateral.
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What was Tafts foreign policy called?
Dollar Diplomacy
32
Goals of Dollar Diplomacy
- Protect Panama Canal and surrounding Area. | - Lessen European Power in Latin America
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How would Dollar Diplomacy Accomplish its goals?
1. Encourage business to invest in areas of strategic importance. 2. Use foreign policy to protect American lives and property abroad.
34
Domestic Policy under Taft
- Payne-Aldrich Act- Tariff is raised. | - Mann-Elkins Acts - Extended ICC's jurisdiction to telephone and telegraph companies.
35
Uncle Joe Cannon
- Republican Party split to the progressives and conservatives. - Progressives teamed with democrats to break the power of the speaker.
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16th Amendent
Graduated Income Tax
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17th amendment
Direct election of US senators
38
Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act
Lowered tariff and enacted income tax
39
Federal Reserve Act
Puts nations banks under public controll.
40
Harrison Act
Regulated the distribution and use of narcotics.
41
Clayton anti-trust Act
Exempted labor unions from anti trust laws and legalized strikes, picketing, and boycotts
42
Federal Trade Commission
Establish federal trade commission | -outlawed false advertising and mislabeling.
43
Federal Farm Loan Act
Low interest loans for farmers.
44
Wilson's Sec of State
Wm Jennings Bryan
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Woodrow Wilson
Anti-imperialism, anti-dollar diplomacy
46
Panama Canal tolls act
Must pay a toll to go through the Panama Canal
47
Jones act
Sets in place a plan to grant independence to the Philippines
48
Virgin Islands
U.S. Purchased from Denmark
49
Mexico
- Wilson was very inconsistent in who he supported in Mexico. - Villa attacks Columbus, NM. Causing US to send in troops resulting in bad relations with Mexico.
50
Elkins Act
Made it illegal for railroads to take or give secret rebates for freight charges to favorite customers. Everyone will be charged the same
51
Hepburn act
Prohibited free passes
52
Trust Busting
Govt must prove that big business doesn't run the country.
53
First company broken up by the new trust busting laws
The Northern Securities Company
54
Coal strike
- Wanted more pay and 8 hour work day. | - T.R. Invites both parties to White House to settle dispute.
55
Leader of United Mine Workers Union
John Mitchell
56
Department of Commerce and Labor
Helps settle labor disputes
57
Meat Inspection Act
Any mets shipped over state lines is subject to federal inspection.
58
Mexico
- Wilson was very inconsistent in who he supported in Mexico. - Villa attacks Columbus, NM. Causing US to send in troops resulting in bad relations with Mexico.
59
Virgin Islands
U.S. Purchased from Denmark
60
Jones act
Sets in place a plan to grant independence to the Philippines
61
Panama Canal tolls act
Must pay a toll to go through the Panama Canal
62
Woodrow Wilson
Anti-imperialism, anti-dollar diplomacy
63
Wilson's Sec of State
Wm Jennings Bryan
64
Federal Farm Loan Act
Low interest loans for farmers.
65
Federal Trade Commission
Establish federal trade commission | -outlawed false advertising and mislabeling.
66
Clayton anti-trust Act
Exempted labor unions from anti trust laws and legalized strikes, picketing, and boycotts
67
Harrison Act
Regulated the distribution and use of narcotics.
68
Federal Reserve Act
Puts nations banks under public controll.
69
Underwood-Simmons Tariff Act
Lowered tariff and enacted income tax
70
17th amendment
Direct election of US senators
71
16th Amendent
Graduated Income Tax
72
Author of the Jungle
Upton Sinclair
73
Pure Food and Drug Act
To prevent mislabeling and adulteration of food and drugs
74
Desert Land Act
Arid public land sold to individuals at a low price if they agree to irrigate it for 3 years
75
Forest Reserve Act
Authorized the president to set aside public forest as national parks
76
Carey Act
Public land given to states on condition that it would be irrigated and settled
77
Uncle Joe Cannon
- Republican Party split to the progressives and conservatives. - Progressives teamed with democrats to break the power of the speaker.
78
Domestic Policy under Taft
- Payne-Aldrich Act- Tariff is raised. | - Mann-Elkins Acts - Extended ICC's jurisdiction to telephone and telegraph companies.
79
How would Dollar Diplomacy Accomplish its goals?
1. Encourage business to invest in areas of strategic importance. 2. Use foreign policy to protect American lives and property abroad.
80
Goals of Dollar Diplomacy
- Protect Panama Canal and surrounding Area. | - Lessen European Power in Latin America
81
What was Tafts foreign policy called?
Dollar Diplomacy
82
Aldrich- Vreeland act
National banks can issue emergency currency backed by various kinda of collateral.
83
Newlands act
Public lands would be sold to public and the revenues used to develop irrigation projects

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