Social Reforms
This amendment, passed in 1920, granted women the right to vote in the United States.
What is the 19th Amendment?
The secret ballot reform aimed to stop this practice, where voters were pressured or bribed to vote a certain way.
What is voter intimidation (or vote buying)?
This was the name of Teddy Roosevelt's domestic program focused on protecting the common people from big businesses.
Square Deal
This French term meaning "let do" describes a hands-off approach by the government toward economic affairs during the Industrial Revolution.
What is laissez-faire?
What is the period of social, political, and economic reform in the United States, roughly from the 1890s to the 1920s, aimed at addressing issues such as corruption, inequality, and working conditions?
What is the Progressive Era?
Founded by Jane Addams in 1889, this settlement house aimed to provide social services, education, and support for immigrants and the urban poor in Chicago.
Who is Hull House?
This amendment, ratified in 1913, allowed the federal government to collect income taxes from citizens.
What is the 16th Amendment?
This act, passed in 1906, was one of the first major pieces of legislation to protect consumers by ensuring the safety of meat products.
What is the Meat Inspection Act?
This term describes the practice of misleading consumers with untrue or exaggerated claims about a product, often leading to public outrage during the Progressive Era.
What is false advertising?
Which of the following was a major economic goal of the Progressive Era?
A. To have the government completely take over business
B. To increase the number of monopolies
C. To increase competition amongst businesses within an industry by limiting big business
D. All of the above
C. To increase competition amongst businesses within an industry by limiting big business
Ratified in 1919, established this nationwide prohibition in the U.S.
What is the prohibition of alcohol?
This amendment established the direct election of U.S. senators by the people, rather than being chosen by state legislatures, thereby increasing democratic participation in government.
What is the 17th Amendment?
This muckraker's book, "The Jungle," exposed unsanitary conditions in the meatpacking industry, leading Roosevelt to push for reforms.
Who is Upton Sinclair?
This system of rewarding political supporters with government jobs, regardless of their qualifications, led to widespread corruption during the 19th century.
What is the spoils system?
This term refers to investigative journalists during the Progressive Era who exposed corruption, social injustices, and unethical practices in politics and business, significantly influencing public opinion and policy changes.
What is a muckraker?
This 1848 gathering, organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, is considered the first women's rights convention in the United States, where the Declaration of Sentiments was adopted.
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This law, passed in 1883, ended the spoils system by requiring that government jobs be filled based on merit and qualifications, not political loyalty.
What is the Pendleton Civil Service Act? (Civil Service Exam
The "Three C's" of the Square Deal stood for this combination of priorities.
What are conservation, control of corporations, and consumer protection?
This New York City political organization was known for its influence over city politics in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, often associated with corruption and the spoils system.
What is Tammany Hall?
SPEAKER 1: The business of America is business, and it would be wise to remember that.
SPEAKER 2: Government regulation of business practices is the way to ensure public good
SPEAKER 3: Only through personal effort can we achieve wealth
SPEAKER 4: Government ownership of all business is the best way to go
Which speaker would have supported the Progressive Movement?
Speaker 2
This African American leader believed in a gradual approach to integration, emphasizing vocational education and economic self-reliance as pathways to equality.
Who is Booker T. Washington?
Many political reforms emerged in response to the notorious leader of New York City's political machine. He was known for his corrupt practices, including embezzlement and bribery, during the 1860s and 1870s.
Who is Boss Tweed
Roosevelt used this 1890 law to break up large trusts that restricted fair competition.
What is the Sherman Antitrust Act?
This muckraker used his art to expose the corruption of Tammany Hall, ultimately leading to Tweed's arrest and imprisonment.
Who is Thomas Nast?
The Sherman Anti-Trust Act, Interstate Commerce Commission, The Federal Trade Commission, and the Federal Reserve Act are all similar in that they all…
A. Fought for social justice
B. Contributed to banning alcohol
C. Increase average voice in government
D. Limited big business
D. Limited big business