What years did the Progressive Movement encompass?
List the order that Progressive Era Presidents served in their political party.
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1st. William McKinley
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2nd. Teddy Roosevelt
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3rd William Howard Taft
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4th Woodrow Wilson
When was the commissioner form of government first used and why?
What were muckrakers and what impact did they have on the Progressive Movement?
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They seek to expose corruption of businesses or government to the public. They wrote about the links between big businesses and crooked politicians. They describe that firm’s cutthroat methods of elimination competition. They pointed out the wrong in society and discontented people from Roosevelt. They felt that unless people got angry about social wrong, they would not fight back.
How did political parties choose their candidates before the Progressive Movement? Who influenced a change in policy?
Explain the government’s role in regulating food and drugs before and after the Progressive Movement.
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They helped promote public health by regulation and supervision of food safety, tobacco production, dietary supplements, prescription and over-the-counter pharmaceutical drugs, vaccines, biopharmaceuticals, blood transfusions, medical devices, electromagnetic radiation emitting devices, veterinary products, and cosmetics.
What did Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott do in Seneca Falls, New York?
What role did social progressives play in the Progressive Movement?
What was the WCTU and what does it stand for?
Explain the differences between socialism and capitalism.
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Socialism is a form of economy that works for equality among the members of society by pooling the resources of the people to be collectively controlled by the state or the public through communes or councils. There is no market in a socialist economy and therefore, there is no competition. Capitalism, on the other hand, is an economic and political system that is based on the principle of individual rights. It believes that it is inequality that will drive the people to be more innovative and productive. Resources in a capitalistic society are privately owned by individuals or groups of individuals.
What was Eugene Debs’ role in the election of 1912?
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Eugene Debs carried the Socialist Party banner, in 1912, for the third consecutive election. He enjoyed mass support among farmers in the Middle West, miners in the West, and immigrants and urban workers in the East.
List 3 major candidates in the 1912 election.
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Woodrow Wilson
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Teddy Roosevelt
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William Howard Taft
What were the credentials of Teddy Roosevelt?
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He then served as Police representative of New York. In 1987-1988, he served temporarily as an Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Roosevelt became Governor of New York on December 31, 1898. He was elected Vice President of the United States less than two years later on November 6, 1900.
What were the credentials of William Howard Taft?
What are the credentials of Woodrow Wilson?
What was Roosevelt’s views and approach to the environment? What did he do to support that view?
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Roosevelt was deeply committed to conserving natural resources, and is considered to be the nation's first conservation President. He encouraged the Newlands Reclamation Act of 1902 to promote federal construction of dams to irrigate small farms and placed 230 million acres (360,000 mi² or 930,000 km²) under federal protection. Roosevelt set aside more Federal land for national parks and nature preserves than all of his predecessors combined.
What was the first national park established by Roosevelt?
When was arbitration used during the Progressive Era?
Who wrote The Jungle?
What was the topic of The Jungle?
How did The Jungle affect the meatpacking industry? (Include acts of Congress)
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As the author viewed it as an unjustified boon to large meat packers partially because the U.S., rather than the packers, was to bear the costs of inspection at $30,000,000 a year.
Explain and describe the Pure Food and Drug Act.
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June 30, 1906 is a United States federal law that provided federal inspection of meat products and forbade the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated food products and poisonous patent medicines. The Pure Food and Drug Act required that certain specified drugs, including alcohol, cocaine, heroin, morphine, and cannabis, be accurately labeled with contents and dosage.
How did Roosevelt approach the Northern Securities Holding Company and what were the results?
Was Roosevelt a trustbuster?
Was Taft a trustbuster?
Who passed the Underwood Tariff and what was its purpose?
What was the Federal Reserve?
Why was the Federal Reserve established?
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To conduct the nation's monetary policy, supervise and regulate banking institutions, maintain the stability of the financial system and provide financial services to depository institutions, the U.S. government, and foreign official institutions.
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