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Progressivism
Progressivism cards for APUSH AHS
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11th Grade
02/18/2011

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16th Amendment
Definition
Allowed the collection of a Federal Income Tax.
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Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
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An industrial accident in New York that symbolized the greed of industry and the need for government protection of workers.
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The Jungle
Definition
Book that led to the Meat Inspection Act
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Meat Inspection Act
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Consumer protection law created by Teddy Roosevelt. Inspired by the Jungle.
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Muller v. Oregon
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Court Case that allowed state's to regulate the working conditions of women.
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Lochner v. New York
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Court case that created a "Liberty of Contract" and thwarted many progressive labor reform laws.
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Federal Trade Commission
Definition
Department of the government that regulates and investigates companies for monopolistic behavior.
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Muckrakers
Definition
Journalists like Upton Sinclair, Ida Tarbell, and Jacob Riis
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Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Definition
Law that said unions are not monopolies.
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Ida Tarbell
Definition
Muckraker who wrote The History of the Standard Oil Company.
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Pure Food and Drug Act
Definition
Paved the way for the creation of the FDA
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Jacob Riis
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Photographer and author of How the Other Half Lives. He exposed poor living conditions in New York Tenements.
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Progressive (Bull Moose) Party
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Political party created by Roosevelt in 1912 after his split with Taft.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Definition
President who believed some trusts were good and some were bad.
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Eugene V. Debs
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Socialist candidate in 1912 who wanted government control of trusts.
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Underwood Tariff
Definition
Wilson's lowered tariff
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Federal Reserve
Definition
a kind of national bank that regulates the money supply and sets interest rates.
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Middle Class
Definition
Social class of most progressive reformers
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Working Class
Definition
Social class of many socialists.
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Roosevelt's split from the Republican Party.
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Action that resulted from Taft supporting higher tariffs.
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William Howard Taft
Definition
President who most vigorously enforced the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
Winner of the 1912 presidential election
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Progressives
Definition
Reformers that wanted the government to be more democratic.
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Woodrow Wilson
Definition
The following most likely said by whom. "Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach."
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