Chapter 9 (US History)
Federal Trade Commission
new "watch dog" agency given the power to stop unfair business
List two leaders who were actively involved in securing the right to vote for women.
-Carrie Chapman Caft -Susan B. Anthony
William H. Taft
1908, Republican, wins with Roosevelt's support. Does not use presidential bully pulpit to arouse public opinion. Signs Payne-Aldrich Tarriff
List the four goals of the Progressive movement
-Protecting social welfare -promoting moral improvement -creating economic reform -fostering efficiency
Susan B. Anthony
National American Woman suffrage Association; works for woman suffrage, right to vote
The law that required truthful labels was the...?
Pure food and drug act
Square Deal
Roosevelt's Progressive reforms
The first person to use the presidency as a "bully pulpit" was?
Theodore Roosevelt
Conservation
movement to protect America's resources
In the election of 1912, the candidate that was considered least pleasing to reformers was?
Ugene v. Debs
Woodrow Wilson
democrat reform governor of New Jersey;pushes for Underwood Act to substantially reduce tariffs
In the mid-1800s, the majority of women who held jobs worked as?
domestic work
The primary goal of the NAACP was?
equality among races
Upton Sinclair
exposed unsanitary conditions in meat packing
A bill that originates from the people rather than legislators is known as?
initiative
What were Muckrakers
journalists who expose corruption in politics, bussiness
Federal Reserve system
plan that formed how American banks were organized;private banking system under federal control
Florence Kelley
political activist, advocate for women, children, helps pass law prohibiting child labor, limiting women's laws
Progressivism
reform movement that sought to bring the control government back to people
In The Jungle, Upton Sinclair exposed...?
unsanitary conditions in meat packing