Progressive Politics Vocabulary

Progressive Movement

• Religious movement which claimed that society must take responsibility for those who are less fortunate

• Reform movement which sought to address the problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, & political corruption

• Reform movement which provided housing in poor urban areas where volunteers would live & provide daycare, education, healthcare, etc. to those in need

• Reform movement which sought to limit the consumption of alcohol based on its negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives

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Social Gospel Movement

• Religious movement which claimed that society must take responsibility for those who are less fortunate

• Reform movement which sought to address the problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, & political corruption

• Reform movement which provided housing in poor urban areas where volunteers would live & provide daycare, education, healthcare, etc. to those in need

• Reform movement which sought to limit the consumption of alcohol based on its negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives

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Settlement House Movement

• Religious movement which claimed that society must take responsibility for those who are less fortunate

• Reform movement which sought to address the problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, & political corruption

• Reform movement which provided housing in poor urban areas where volunteers would live & provide daycare, education, healthcare, etc. to those in need

• Reform movement which sought to limit the consumption of alcohol based on its negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives

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Temperance Movement

• Religious movement which claimed that society must take responsibility for those who are less fortunate

• Reform movement which sought to address the problems caused by industrialization, urbanization, immigration, & political corruption

• Reform movement which provided housing in poor urban areas where volunteers would live & provide daycare, education, healthcare, etc. to those in need

• Reform movement which sought to limit the consumption of alcohol based on its negative effects on people's health, personalities and family lives

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Square Deal

• Name given to Teddy Roosevelt's domestic programs; included conservation of natural resources, control of corporations, and consumer protection

• Woodrow Wilson's domestic policy that called for tariff, business, and banking reforms

• Political party which, in the Election of 1912, supported public ownership of utilities and transportation systems, etc.

• Nickname for the new Progressive Party, which was formed to support Teddy Roosevelt in the Election of 1912

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Trust Busting

• Government activities aimed at breaking up monopolies and big businesses

• Law that established strict sanitary requirements for the meat packing industry and required frequent inspections by the federal government

• Law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply

• Law that substantially reduced the tariff; lost revenue was paid for by the graduated income tax created by the 16th Amendment

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Coal Strike of 1902

• Novel by Upton Sinclair that highlighted the abuses of the meat packing industry

• Government activities aimed at breaking up monopolies and big businesses

• Strike which prompted Teddy Roosevelt to use the threat of a federal take-over to force mine owners to negotiate

• Law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations

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Meat Inspection Act

• Law that allowed the president to protect areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments

• Law that established strict sanitary requirements for the meat packing industry and required frequent inspections by the federal government

• Law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply

• Law that regulated the manufacturing of food and medicines and prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling

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Pure Food & Drug Act

• Law that established strict sanitary requirements for the meat packing industry and required frequent inspections by the federal government

• Law that regulated the manufacturing of food and medicines and prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling

• Law that allowed the president to protect areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments

• Law that substantially reduced the tariff; lost revenue was paid for by the graduated income tax created by the 16th Amendment

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Antiquities Act

• Law that set up a system of federal banks and gave government the power to control the money supply

• Law that weakened monopolies and upheld the rights of unions and farm organizations

• Law that allowed the president to protect areas of scientific or historical interest on federal lands as national monuments

• Law that regulated the manufacturing of food and medicines and prohibited dangerous additives and inaccurate labeling

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