Progressive Era

Who was the Bull Moose Party candidate for president in 1912?

a reform that allows the voters to propose bills to the state legislature

according to Marx, the final stage of socialism when the gov't would fade away

election where voters(not party leaders)choose their party's candidate for the general election

this law gave the ICC the power to set RR rates

this means the right to vote

Who came in 3rd place in the 1912 Election?

Taft made this non-conservationist the new Secretary of the Interior; angered progressives

an early progressive attempt to limit RR monopolies; weak at first, but became stronger later

this banned the manufacture, sale, transportation, and consumption of alcohol

gov't agency created to protect people from unfair business practices; TR's idea, Wilson did it

created by Wilson, this agency sets interest rates and controls the money supply & inflation

this type of economic system built America; human behavior is driven by the profit motive

Who was the Democratic candidate for president in 1912?

this progressive reform allows people to vote without anyone knowing who they voted for

this law made it illegal to make false claims about drugs and food products

very conservative Speaker of the House (1903-1911); dictator in the House; hated progressives

this act gave the ICC the power to regulate communications across state lines

this law set an eight hour workday for RR workers

progressive Democratic president (1913-1921); won because of the split in the Republican Party

this allowed voters to choose a state's US Senators instead of the state legislature

applying scientific principles to factory work in order to increase productivity

Who came in 2nd place in the 1912 Election?

Who was the Republican Party candidate for president in 1912?

muckraker who wrote about the horrible living conditions in the tenement houses

journalists who exposed problems in society so that the gov't could fix the problems

this law closed loopholes in previous laws; it banned price discrimination & legalized unions

a special election to remove an elected official from office before their term is over

founded by WEB Du Bois & others (1909); fought against racism, discrimination, & lynching

TR's hand-picked successor in 1908; he and TR split the Republican Party in 1912

TR appointed this conservationist to lead the US Forest Service; he was later fired by Taft

this party was created in 1912; it nominated TR for president in 1912

lowest tariff between the Civil War and 1913; directly led to the federal income tax

this muckraker wrote about the corruption of political machines

a time period when the size and role of gov't was growing and doing more to help people

Who was the Socialist candidate for president in 1912?

when the state legislature sends a proposed law to the voters to accept or reject

this federal law set strict cleanliness requirements in meatpacking plants

muckraker who wrote about John D. Rockefeller and the Standard Oil monopoly; led to its breakup

Who won the 1912 Election?

in this system, all workers (gov't) would own all businesses; theoretically equal pay for all

very progressive president (1901-1909); later joined the Progressive Party, but lost in 1912

this granted women, 21 and older, the right to vote

this created the federal income tax

the Socialist Party's candidate for president in 1912; founded the American Socialist Party

a tax on goods coming into a country

a political belief that the size and role of gov't should be small and very limited

this muckraker exposed the horrible working conditions in the meatpacking industry

son of a former president; this man was appointed by TR to be Secretary of the Interior

the setting aside of land and natural resources for future use

Who came in 4th place in the 1912 Election?

was originally intended to be a progressive tariff-lowering bill, but it didn't lower tariffs

this was the weak first attempt to limit the power of monopolies; not enforced until TR did it