The Gilded Age
What is the name of the era where profits and corruption was at an all-time high
The Gilded Age.
Who are the people in the late 1800s and early 1900s who wanted to make changes in US society for the better? Whether they be changes in society, work, or education.
Progressives
She started the Hull House and helped service those in need?
Jane Addams
What election occurs, after a petition is signed, where state voters choice to remove an official
Recall
Progressives wanted to create _______ ___________
by regulating monopolies and improving working/living conditions
Equal Opportunity
What is a political machine?
an organized group of politicians under a leader called a “boss.” These groups worked to get rich from bribes and appoint their friends to positions of power.
What is the practice of giving someone a job or position just because you know them, or they are related?
The Spoil System.
He is Mr. Ks favorite President, besides being the President to tackle corrupted companies.
President Theodore Roosevelt
What election occurs when voters reject or accept a proposal/law from state lawmakers? petitions must be signed
Referendum
urbanization and industrialization
How did poltical machines stay in power?
Through buying the love of immigrants. They would buy immigrants things and exchange immigrants would vote for them.
To make changes for the better?
Reform
He was the leader of the Tammany Hall political machine in NY.
Boss Tweed. William Marcy Tweed
What is the election where voters can vote to make a bill into law from a fellow citizen? That citizen must first get a petition signed.
Initiative
What did progressives want to get common people,.....
More involved in government
What is the best example of a political machine? This outfit was based in NY.
Tammany Hall
What is a Primary election?
The form of voting where voters pick who will run for their party in the general election.
Ex: Voters pick 1 Republican out of 5, to be the one who will later run against a Democrat
This helps limit the power of political machine/parties
He created the first primary
Robert M. La Follette
Why are petitions important in recall elections?
To make sure that popular or effective officials would not be removed.
True or false, Progressives wanted to destroy capitalism for good and all.
False, they simply wanted to regulate it
What is a monopoly
It is when a business becomes so big it dominates an industry
The type of economy where there is an open market and companies are owned by the people?
Capitalism
He owned a monopoly in the oil business
John D. Rockefeller
Why are petitions important for a initiative election
It prevents people from creating unwanted laws
The reforms and pushes by the Progressives made the Federal Government more active, yes or no?
Yes, the govt started to do things like break up illegal monopolies and focus on improving people's lives.