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Ch.18 Sect.1
U.S. History - Graves - WBHS
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11th Grade
01/19/2009

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Term
In order to fix problems in society, the government was more active in what?
Definition
helping people
Term
____ ____ pressured the government to do something about the problems in society.
Definition
muckracker journalists
Term
Who was the Governor of Wisconsin?
Definition
Robert La Follette
Term
Gov. La Follette said that ____ ____ shouldn't control delegates to conventions
Definition
party bosses
Term
Gov. La Follette created the ___ ___.
Definition
direct primary
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Besides the direct primary, what were the 3 other reforms Gov. La Follette did?
Definition
initiative, referendum, recall
Term
The 17th Amendment was created in what year? What did the amendment say?
Definition
1913; direct election of senators
Term
Who were the 2 women who created the Seneca Falls Convention?
Definition
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott
Term
By 1900, what were the 4 states that let women vote?
Definition
Wyoming, Idaho, Utah, Colorado
Term
In the fight for women's suffrage, what grew?
Definition
NAWSA
Term
Who was the militant for NAWSA?
Definition
Alice Paul
Term
Who was the woman to take over NAWSA and who did she back as her vote for president?
Definition
Carrie Chapman Catt; Wilson
Term
What was the 19th Amendment? Who was the President who passed it?
Definition
the right for women to vote; President Wilson
Term
How many million kids under 16 worked?
Definition
1.7 million kids
Term
What was the name of the commission created for children's labor rights? What laws did they create/enforce?
Definition
National Child Labor Commission; a minimum age and maximum hours
Term
Under the social welfare reform, besides child labor laws, what other 2 changes were enacted?
Definition
Compulsory Education Laws; Building and Safety Codes
Term
What did the Building and Safety Codes fix/create?
Definition
sanitation and fire escapes
Term
What was the organization created to further the temperence movement?
Definition
Women's Christian Temperence Union
Term
What were trustbusters?
Definition
would break up big companies or socialism
Term
What were trustbusters?
Definition
would break up big companies or socialism
Term
What were trustbusters?
Definition
would break up big companies or socialism
Term
What were trustbusters?
Definition
would break up big companies or socialism
Term
What is a type of government in which everything is government owned for the good of the people?
Definition
socialism
Term
Under the problem of big businesses, what was a system that was created?
Definition
free-enterprise system
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