The Progressive Movement
The philosophy of social, political, economic, and educational reform through government action to improve the general welfare of the people is...
What is progressivism?
What was one goal of the Progressives?
What is to make government more efficient and to make government more responsible to the people?
On February 3, 1913, the ___________ Amendment was ratified which allowed the federal government to collect an income tax from wage earners in the U.S.
What is 16th?
The Treaty of _______________ paved the way to settle some issues that had been brewing between the United States, England, and Canada.
What is Washington?
Who won the Spanish-American War?
Who was the United States?
According to the Progressive philosophy, what is one responsibility the government has to provide for the needs of the people?
What are defend the rights and security of all citizens, provide education, protect the environment?
Who was one of the first Progressives to gain national attention with his attempt to break the hold that big corporations had on the government?
Who was Robert Marion La Follette?
On April 8, 1913, the _____________ Amendment was ratified which provided for the direct election of senators by the voters.
What is the 17th?
What was one issue that needed to be resolved in the Treaty of Washington?
What were the boundaries between Canada and the United States, access to the St. Lawrence River and the upper Great Lakes, and U.S. fishing rights in Canada?
Sensational articles and unproven accounts of reported human rights violations became known as what type of journalism?
What is yellow journalism?
On the political scene, ____________, greed, and self interest dominated local, state, and federal governments.
What is corruption?
Being indecisive in action because of mixed feelings
What is ambivalent?
During the last decade of the 19th century, a greater __________ arose between those in the lower class and those in the other two classes>
What is disparity?
The issues regarding British support of the Confederacy during the Civil War has become known as the ___________ _____________.
What is the Alabama Claims?
In 1896, what was one Spanish colony that was struggling for independence?
What were Cuba and the Phillipines?
Progressives believed that the Constitution is a _____________ document
What is "living"
What was to encourage social and political reform?
The taking of wealth from one class and giving it to another to close the economic gap between them is called ______________.
What is redistribution?
Compensation paid by an individual or group to another for losses, damages, or injuries inflicted on the other is called _______________.
What is restitution?
What was one event that led to the Spanish-American War?
What was a critical letter about President McKinley being intercepted, and the sinking of the battleship USS Maine?
More government programs designed to help the poor and those in need mean more government ____________ and higher taxes.
What is spending?
In 1906, Upton Sinclair published a novel entitle "____ _________" which exposed and criticized unsanitary and unsafe practices in the large meatpacking houses of Chicago.
What is "The Jungle"
What were two factors that contributed to the disparity in wealth in the last decade of the 19th century?
What are an unstable economy, a lack of educational opportunities, the rapid urbanization of America, and the influx of immigrants.
What year was the Treaty of Washington signed?
When was 1871?
What were two of the resolutions the United States sought when they declared war on Spain on April 19th, 1898?
What were Cuba would be recognized as an independent nation, Spain must withdraw forces from Cuba and the Phillippines, The President would be able to use military force, and America had no intention to take control of Cuba?