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Banning of alcoholic beverages as it undermines American morals.

Journalist who wrote about the corrupt side of business and public life in mass circulation magazines.

A bill originated by the people rather than the lawmakers that voters voted on in a referendum.

Called for the direct election of state senators.

Aimed to restore economic opportunities and correct injustices, with four main goals in mind – social welfare, moral improvement, economic reform, and efficiency.

The right to vote

Feared that women would vote in support of prohibition.

Feared by many because it meant that social roles of women would change – such as those related to marriage.

Suffragettes used this as one of their arguments because it declared that all those born or naturalized in the U.S. are given the right to vote because they are citizens. Don’t most women fit into this category too?

Minorities and those women without higher education often joined the rank of this type of work.

Wilderness areas would be preserved while others would be developed for the common good.

Halted the sale of contaminated foods and medicines and called for truth in labeling.

Dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created the program of federal meat inspection.

By intervening in this, Roosevelt set a new precedent that when a strike threatened the public welfare, the federal government was expected to intervene.

Various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration to see that the common people weren’t victimized by big business.

Taft hesitated to use this to arouse public opinion when he was president. It was heavily used by Teddy Roosevelt.

Roosevelt joined the 1912 presidential campaign trail under this progressive third party.

This man won the most electoral votes (435) in the 1912 election to win the presidency.

Set of tax regulations, enacted by Congress in 1909, that failed to significantly reduce tariffs on manufactured goods.

This candidate won both the popular and electoral votes as a Republican in the 1912 election.

Program that Wilson moved to enact that triple wall of privilege: trusts, tariffs, and high finance.

Divided the nation in 12 districts and established regional central banks in each district and then had “banker’s banks” serve other banks within the district.

America’s entrance into WWI helped pushed this, which granted women the right to vote in 1919.

Prohibited corporations from acquiring the stock of another to create a monopoly.

The 16 th amendment legalized this in order to replace the revenue that tariffs previously supplied.

This man became president following the assassination of William McKinley. He was known as the “Trustbuster” because he fought the trusts.

He was a famous muckraker who wrote The Jungle, which exposed conditions in the meatpacking industry, which ultimately led to the Meat Inspection Act and the Pure Food and Drug Act.

This is when several large businesses joined together to do away with competition (which is bad because competition is what capitalism thrives on).

Situation in which one business without competition controls a service or product.

Act passed in 1890 to do away with company mergers that restrained competition (enforced by Theodore Roosevelt) and expanded upon through the Clayton Anti-Trust Act in 1914.

Final Jeopardy People of the Progressive Movement

Which Wisconsin governor championed many progressive reforms, including the first worker’s compensation system, railroad rate reform, direct election of U.S. senators, minimum wage, and women’s suffrage?