The Progressive Movement
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What was the name of the 20th century social and political reform movement, which occurred on every level of government in the United States? • The Progressive Movement
1) Excesses of Gilded Age • 2) Poor working conditions of American labor (workers) • 3) Low standard of living of American labor
What did the Progressives believe should solve the problems created by industrialization? • The Government
Government controlled by the people instead of big business and special interests • Economic opportunity for all Americans • Eliminate social injustices
How did the Progressives hope to guarantee all Americans economic opportunity?
What was the Gilded Age? • A period in the late 1800s characterized by great wealth, corruption, and inequality
Who held almost all the great wealth created in America during the Gilded Age? • A small upper class of businessmen and industrialists
Define the term industrialists. • Factory owners
What is another name of the Gilded Age? • The Age of the Robber Barons
Who were the robber barons? • Members of the newly rich upper class who had extravagant lifestyles
What did the extravagant lifestyle of the robber barons point out? • The severe difference in income between the small, super rich upper class and the average American family
Who were the Muckrakers? • Progressive writers who wrote about social and political evils in late 19th and early 20th century America.
Who were the two most famous Progressive presidents? • Theodore Roosevelt • Woodrow Wilson
Which Progressive president was known for offering the American people a “Square Deal”? • Theodore Roosevelt
What Progressive president was known for the New Freedom? • Woodrow Wilson
Did both Republicans and Democrats participate in the Progressive Movement? • Yes
On what levels of government were there Progressive reforms? • Federal • Local • State
What was one Progressive accomplishment on the state level? • Passed child labor laws
Name 5 ways the Progressives tried to make government more democratic at the state level?
Referendum • Initiative • Recall • Secret ballot • Primary elections
By what process may citizens vote to approve or reject a measure passed by a legislative body? • Referendum
What process permits citizens to propose laws to their state or local governments? • Initiative
By what process may citizens vote to remove government officials from office before they have finished their terms? • Recall election
What reform did Progressives use to protect voters’ privacy? • The secret ballot
What does one call an election in which voters nominate a political party’s candidates for office? • Primary election
At what level of government were child labor laws an example of a Progressive reform? • State government
Whattype of reforms were the 17th and 19th Amendment and the Clayton Anti-Trust Act? • Progressive reforms on the federal or national level.
What was the 17th Amendment? • Direct election of United States senators
Who elected U.S. senators before ratification of the 17th Amendment? • The State Legislatures
What did the term “trust” mean during the late 19th and early 20th centuries? • A business monopoly
What does the term monopoly mean? • Absence of competition
What does anti-trust mean? • Anti-monopoly
What did anti-trust laws try to do? • Restore free competition to the American economy
What was the major weakness in the Sherman Anti-Trust Act? • The wording was too vague.
What did the Clayton Anti-Trust Act do? • 1) Outlawed price fixing • 2) Exempted unions from the Sherman Anti-Trust Act
In what two ways did Progressives try to make local governments less corrupt, more efficient, and more responsive to the people?
Commission form of city government • Council/manager form of city government
Voters elect a city council • City council hires a professional manager to serve as the city’s administrator
What did Progressives want city government to be? • Efficient • Businesslike
What is another word for the right to vote? • Suffrage
During what war did the women’s suffrage movement first encourage American women to enter the labor force? • World War I
Name a leader of the Women’s Suffrage Movement. • Susan B. Anthony
Which constitutional amendment gave women the right to vote? • 19th Amendment
What were three Progressive reforms on the federal or national level of government? • 17th Amendment • 19th Amendment • Clayton Anti-Trust Act