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What caused many of the problems in American society that Progressive Era reformers tried to improve?
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industrialization (the growth of business/factories)
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What were some of the goals of reformers in the Progressive era? (Remember, a reformer is someone who wants to make changes to make things better.)
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to get rid of unfair business monopolies;
to improve living conditions in cities; to improve working conditions in factories |
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What is a muckraker?
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a journalist or other writer who tried to expose problems in American society (Why? If people learned about a problem, they could then work on fixing it.)
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Upton Sinclair wrote a book "The Jungle".
- What was it about? - After people read his book, what law was passed to improve the situation? |
horrible, unsanitary conditions in the meat-packing industry;
the Pure Food and Drug Act |
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Who did settlement houses provide help for?
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poor people in cities
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What gave women the right to vote (suffrage)?
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the 19th Amendment
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Many of the members of the new Populist political party were ________.
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farmers
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What was the major problem that faced farmers during this period?
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Railroads charged them unfair prices when the farmers used the trains to move their produce (goods) to the markets.
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What is a "trustbuster" and which president is remembered as a trustbuster?
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A trustbuster was someone who was against unfair business monopolies; Theodore Roosevelt
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What is a progressive income tax?
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a tax on income (the money people make) in which wealthy people pay a higher rate of tax than poorer people.
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What law required people to take a test to get a government job, so that only people who could do a good job would be hired?
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the Pendleton Civil Service Act
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Which president was a conservationist? He tried to preserve our natural resources and supported national parks.
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Theodore Roosevelt
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