U.S. History
Chapter 17: The Progressive Era
Study Guide
Define Progressivism
What are the four goals of Progressivism?
YMCA
The Salvation Army
Florence Kelley
Illinois Factory Act
WCTU & Francis Willard
Why prohibition?
Muckrakers
Frederick Winslow Taylor
Name two natural disasters that helped change local government.
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Name two reform Mayors and describe what each did.
Robert M. LaFollette (List the three reforms he made to railroads)
William S. U’Ren (Reforming Elections)
Initiative
Referendum
Recall
17th Amendment
NAWSA
Who were the leaders of NAWSA?
Define Women’s Suffrage
What was Teddy Roosevelt’s thinking with regards to the federal government?
Define Square Deal
What significant principle came out of the 1902 coal strike and arbitration?
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Good Trusts
Bad trusts
Interstate Commerce Act
Elkins Act of 1903
Who wrote the Jungle?
Meat Inspection Act
Pure Food & Drug Act
The Newlands Act
Who hand- picked Taft to become his successor?
What were Taft’s thoughts on campaigning?
Payne Aldrich Tariff
What else did Taft do to outrage his supporters?
Why did the Republican Party split?
What party does Roosevelt run for in the Election of 1912?
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Woodrow Wilson is the only president to have a __________________________.
What did Wilson’s New Freedom stand for?
Clayton Anti-Trust Act
Federal Trade Commission
Underwood Tariff Act
Federal Income Tax (16th Amendment0
Federal Reserve System
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