Reforms & Amendments
Which amendment established a federal graduated income tax?
16th
Define “referendum
A referendum is a direct vote by the public on a specific law, proposed rule, or political issue
What was the name of the Third Party campaign and what do third parties does to the lection or for teh people
Bull Moose, and they are more concerned with the true issues of the people and their voice.
Name the 4 presidents of the Progressive Era
McKinley, Teddy, Taft, Woodrow Wilson
She was known for carrying a hatchet into bars
Carrie Nation
Which amendment allowed citizens to directly elect U.S. senators
17th
Define “initiative
A political process where citizens propose new laws or constitutional changes by gathering signatures for a public vote
What national issue did Ida B. Wells campaign against?
Lynching of innocent African Americans
The Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act are the foundational laws that?
protect free-market competition and stop unfair monopolies in the United States
He was known as a Trust Buster
Teddy Roosevelt
What national policy did the 18th Amendment create, and what social problem did reformers blame on alcohol
Prohibition; reformers blamed alcohol for crime and poverty
What is a recall, and how does it increase voter power?
A recall is a political procedure that allows voters to remove and replace an elected official before their official term of office ends.
Because of Upton Sinclair and his book the jungle what was the outcome.
Directly led to the passage of the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act, which permanently transformed food safety and consumer protection laws in the United States.
who created the federal reserve and why
Woodrow Wilson Stop financial panics: Prevent widespread bank runs
Ending the Progressive era and takes us into WWI
Woodrow Wilson
Compare Booker T. Washington’s approach to racial progress with W.E.B. Du Bois’s approach. Give one core difference and the rationale behind each
Booker T wanted a gradual approach and Du Boi's wanted and immediate approach
Name one goal of muckraking journalists during the Progressive Era
To expose corruption in business and government; to spur reforms
what created the first national conservation and protection of land
The United States Congress created the first national protection of land by passing the Yellowstone National Park Protection Act
Because of the financial gap between the rich and the poor what was created.
16th amendment and the gradual income tax.
Used the Clayton Anti Trust act to break up monopolies
TAFT
What amendment provided the right for womens suffrage
19th
who was the youngest president and had a great appeal to social media
Teddy Roosevelt
Who expanded national conservation
Theodore Roosevelt
Prohibition had an effect on society and crime, did it increase or decrease crime
Decrease
This person, did not receive any help during the Progressive Era
African American