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1900's Reforms
Prohibition, Women's Suffrage, Populism, and Progressivism
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Social Studies
7th Grade
04/18/2012

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What is another name for Prohibition?
Definition
Temperance
Term
What is Prohibition?
Definition
anything related to alcohol
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What was the main goal of Prohibition?
Definition
Banning alcohol
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What caused the Prohibition movement?
Definition
People grew sick of others abusing alcohol and turning to violence
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When was the 18th amendment ratified and what did it do?
Definition
1918, banned alcohol
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Why and when was the 21st amendment ratified? What did it do?
Definition
People protested the 18th amendment, ratified in 1933, repealed 21st amendment
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What rule was added as a compromise when the 21st amendment was ratified?
Definition
The minimum drinking age: 21
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What is the Women's Suffrage Movement?
Definition
The movement to get women's vote, as well as other rights
Term
What is a synonym for vote?
Definition
franchise/enfranchised
Term
What four people were involved in the Suffrage movement?
Definition
Jane McCallum, Annette Finnigan, Minnie Cunningham, Annie Webb Blanton
Term
When did women gain the vote in TX?
Definition
1918
Term
When did women gain the national vote? Which amendment?
Definition
1920, 19th amendment
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Who was Annie Webb Blanton?
Definition
first female government official in Texas, in Dept. of Education
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What association in TX supported the Suffrage Movement?
Definition
Texas Equal Suffrage Association or Texas Women's Suffrage Association
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What was populism?
Definition
rural citizens fighting to protect their rights
Term
What party supported Populism?
Definition
The People's Party
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What was the goal of the Populism movement?
Definition
to bring attention to the Average Joe
Term
Which two groups did the Populist movement seek equality between?
Definition
Poor and rich
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What four people or groups were involved in the Populist movement?
Definition
farmers, ranchers, James S. Hogg, John H. Reagan
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What things did the Populist movement accomplish?
Definition
Stopped railroad abuse, regulated businesses, made telephone and telegraph lines public, and eliminated national bank
Term
What group did the populists protect?
Definition
the non-corporates
Term
Which monopoly did the Populists break?
Definition
The TX Traffic Association
Term
What did the Populists want to limit?
Definition
railroad prices (land & tickets)
Term
What did Progressives believe in?
Definition
Changing society through the power of the government
Term
What conditions did the progressives improve?
Definition
Working and prison
Term
What government was formed due to the Galveston hurricane?
Definition
city-commissions government
Term
Define the city-commissions government.
Definition
5 commissioners who have different purposes, helping the whole city
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Who was involved in the Progressive movement?
Definition
James E. Ferguson, teddy Roosevelt, laborers, Jacob Riis
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What groups were aided by the progressive movement?
Definition
the poor, laborers, and schools
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What is the opposite of Progressivism
Definition
Populism
Term
What did the Progressive movement create?
Definition
state banks and the FDA
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What did the Progressive movement reduce?
Definition
discrimination
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