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Most progressives believed the government should…
Be more accountable to citizens Curb power & influence of wealthy Expand powers to improve lives Be more efficient & less corrupt
The split of the _________ party vote helped Woodrow Wilson win the 1912 election.
Republican
_________ are journalist who worked at exposing corruption.
Muckrakers
Why did some Americans not like progressive reforms?
They disliked government control
________ worked extremely hard to outlaw child labor.
Florence Kelly
The United States involvement in ___________ put an end to progressivism
World War I
__________ was the first state to grant women the right to vote.
Wyoming
What amendment passed Women's suffrage
19 th
__________ was one reason Americans became more supportive of suffrage.
Women's work during World War I
The new labor department wanted to help ___________.
Women and Children In response to pressure from labor and women's groups 1912-Government established Children’s bureau 1920-Womem’s bureau
Enforced the Sherman Antitrust Act Square Deal New Nationalism Bull Moose Party
Roosevelt
Supported the 16 th and 17 th amendments Trust Buster Angered progressives while in office
William Taft
New Freedom Tariff reduction Federal Reserve Act 1913 Trust Busting Clayton Antitrust Act
Woodrow Wilson
Governor of Wisconsin Pushed for municipal reforms “Fighting Bob” was his nickname due to his efforts to clean up the government and produce social welfare reforms
Robert M. La Follette
Lost everything in the Great Chicago Fire Organized unions in the mines of West Virginia and Colorado
Mary Harris Jones or Mother Jones
_________ Permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election
Recall
__________ is a process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters signatures on a petition
Initiative
System that gives cities a limited degree of self-rule
Home Rule
Election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections
Direct Primary
Relating to city, as in ________ government