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January 8, 2018 | Author: Anonymous | Category: History, US History
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The Progressive Movement

What was the name of the 20th century social and political reform movement, which occurred on every level of government in the United States? The

Progressive Movement

What were three causes of the Progressive Movement?

1)

Excesses of Gilded Age 2) Poor working conditions of American labor (workers) 3) Low standard of living of American labor

What did the Progressives believe should solve the problems created by industrialization? The

Government

What were three main goals of the Progressives?

Government

controlled by the people instead of big business and special interests Economic opportunity for all Americans Eliminate social injustices

How did the Progressives hope to guarantee all Americans economic opportunity?

Through

government regulation of business

What was the Gilded Age? A

period in the late 1800s characterized by great wealth, corruption, and inequality

Who held almost all the great wealth created in America during the Gilded Age? A

small upper class of businessmen and industrialists

Define the term industrialists.

Factory

owners

What is another name of the Gilded Age?

The

Age of the Robber Barons

Who were the robber barons? Members

of the newly rich upper class who had extravagant lifestyles

What did the extravagant lifestyle of the robber barons point out? The

severe difference in income between the small, super rich upper class and the average American family

Who were the Muckrakers? Progressive

writers who wrote about social and th political evils in late 19 and early 20th century America.

Who were the two most famous Progressive presidents? Theodore

Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson

Which Progressive president was known for offering the American people a “Square Deal”? Theodore

Roosevelt

What Progressive president was known for the New Freedom? Woodrow

Wilson

Did both Republicans and Democrats participate in the Progressive Movement? Yes

On what levels of government were there Progressive reforms? Federal

Local State

What was one Progressive accomplishment on the state level? Passed

child labor laws

Name 5 ways the Progressives tried to make government more democratic at the state level?

Referendum Initiative Recall Secret

ballot Primary elections

By what process may citizens vote to approve or reject a measure passed by a legislative body? Referendum

What process permits citizens to propose laws to their state or local governments? Initiative

By what process may citizens vote to remove government officials from office before they have finished their terms? Recall

election

What reform did Progressives use to protect voters’ privacy?

The

secret ballot

What does one call an election in which voters nominate a political party’s candidates for office? Primary

election

At what level of government were child labor laws an example of a Progressive reform? State

government

What type of reforms were the 17th and 19th Amendment and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act? Progressive

reforms on the federal or national level.

What was the 17th Amendment? Direct

election of United States senators

Who elected U.S. senators before ratification of the 17th Amendment? The

State Legislatures

What did the term “trust” mean during the late 19th th and early 20 centuries? A

business monopoly

What does the term monopoly mean? Absence

of competition

What does anti-trust mean? Anti-monopoly

What did anti-trust laws try to do? Restore

free competition to the American economy

What was the major weakness in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? The

wording was too vague.

What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act do? 1)

Outlawed price fixing 2) Exempted unions from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act

In what two ways did Progressives try to make local governments less corrupt, more efficient, and more responsive to the people?

Commission

form of city

government Council/manager form of city government

How does the council/manager form of city government work?

Voters

elect a city

council City council hires a professional manager to serve as the city’s administrator

What did Progressives want city government to be?

Efficient Businesslike

What is another word for the right to vote? Suffrage

During what war did the women’s suffrage movement first encourage American women to enter the labor force? World

War I

Name a leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. Susan

B. Anthony

Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote? 19th

Amendment

What were three Progressive reforms on the federal or national level of government? 17th

Amendment 19th Amendment Clayton Anti-Trust Act

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