US History Chapter 17 -Progressve Movement – Flashcards
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progressive movement
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social reform movement of the 20th century
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Florence Kelley
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social reformer who helped pass the Illinois Factory Act that prohibited child labor and limited women's working hours
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prohibition
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the banning of the sale and use of alcohol
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muckraker
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journalists who wrote stories about corruption and unfair practices in business.
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scientific management
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the use of scientific ideas, like the assembly line, to make work more efficient
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Robert M. La Follette
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governor of Wisconsin who regulated big businesses like the railroad industry
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Muller v. Oregon
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Supreme Court decided that a state could legally limit the working hours of women
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initiative
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gives voters the right to propose a law directly
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referendum
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a direct vote on the initiative where voters could accept or reject the initiative
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recall
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the voter's right to force a government official to face another election or a vote to remove a public official from office
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Seventeenth Amendment
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called for the direct election of senators by the people
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NACW- National Association of Colored Women
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created nurseries, reading rooms, and kindergartens
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NAWSA -National American Women Suffrage Association
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National American Woman Suffrage Association; founded in 1890 to help women win the right to vote
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suffrage
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the right to vote
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Susan B. Anthony
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leader of the woman suffrage movement
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Upton Sinclair
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author who described the filthy conditions in the meatpacking industry in his novel The Jungle
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Theodore Roosevelt
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President from 1901 to 1909 known as the trustbuster
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Square Deal
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Roosevelt's program of progressive reforms
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Meat Inspection Act
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Pushed by Roosevelt, it called for strict cleanliness requirements in meatpacking
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Pure Food and Drug Act
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(1906) Passed by Congress, it stopped the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and required truth in labeling
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conservation
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belief that some land should be preserved as wilderness while other areas would be developed
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NAACP-National Assoc. for the Advancement of Colored People
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founded to push for civil rights and racial equality
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Gilford Pinchot
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Head of the U.S. Forest Service appointed by Roosevelt
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William Howard Taft
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Roosevelt's secretary of war who became president in1909
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Payne-Aldrich Tariff
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Passed by the Senate, it did not lower tariffs much at all
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Bull Moose Party
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Progressive Party formed by Roosevelt's supporters
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Woodrow Wilson
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Nominated by the Democrats, he became president in 1912
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Carrie Chapman Catt
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President of NAWSA who led the campaign for woman suffrage
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Clayton Antitrust Act
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Passed by Congress in 1914, it made it more difficult for monopolies to form
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Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
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(1914) Agency that had the power to investigate businesses for the government
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Federal Reserve System (FRS)
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Controlled the money supply and made credit more easily available.
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Nineteenth Amendment
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Amendment that gave women the right to vote
