Reforming City Government
What were powerful politicians called in this time?
Bosses
What are Muckrakers?
A journalist who exposed corruption and other problems of the late 1800s and early 1900s
What were reformers calling themselves
Progressives
What was Robert La Follette's motto?
The will of the people shall be the law of the land
What is the definition of graduated income tax?
The meaning of graduated income tax:
Where the wealthy people pay taxes at a higher rate than then the people who are poor or middle class.
What was the name of one of the bosses
a)William Tweed
b)Hiram Revels
c)Samuel Slater
William Tweed
Who is the author of The Jungle
Grover Cleveland
Emma Lazarus
Upton Sinclair
Upton Sinclair
What did they mean when they called themselves progressives
Forward thinking people
What was Robert La Follettes nickname?
Battling Bob
In __________ the states ratified the sixteen amendment.
In 1913 the states ratified the sixteen amendment.
Cartoonist Thomas Nast
Who was Ida Tarbell?
She was someone who targeted the unfair practices of big business.
A progressive educator who wanted schools to promote reform
John dewey
What was a primary?
it was where voters choose their parties candidate for a general election
In 1913, the states ratified the seventeenth amendment. What is the seventeenth amendment?
The seventeenth amendment is the direct election of senators.
What was a goal of reformers?
their goal was to replace corrupt officials with honest leaders
Which Class decided to help the need for reform?
The Middle Class
How much money did the supermarket charge the undercover reporters
5.5 million
What was the referendum?
It allowed people to vote the bill into law at the next election
Complete the Sentence
In _______, the _____________ had ruled that a federal income tax was unconstitutional.
In 1895, the Supreme court had ruled that a federal income tax was unconstitutional.
What improvements could cities have used?
New sewers, better garbage collection, and more roads
What happened in the meatpacking house?
The rats were given poisoned bread and when they died the bread and the rats would go into the hoppers together.
What was the period called between 1898 and 1917
The progressive Era
What was the recall?
The recall allowed voters to remove an elected official in the middle of his or her term . This gave ordinary people to remove a corrupt official
In what type of income tax did the wealthy pay taxes at a high rate?
The graduated income tax.