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| How is Progressivism best described? |
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| a diverse group of individuals working for a wide variety of reform causes |
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| What political reforms did progressives seek? |
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| an expansion of state and federal regulation of private business, more business-like methods of governing, an end to political corruption, more legislation to combat the excesses of industrialism |
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| What political figures were connected to New York City's Tammany Hall? |
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| Robert Wagner, Al Smith, Big Tim Sullivan, and George Washington Plunkitt |
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| What programs were sponsored by Governor Robert La Follette of Wisconsin? |
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| tougher corporate tax rates, a direct primary, an improved civil service code, and a railroad commission designed to regulate freight charges |
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| What was the first inexpensive, large-circulation magazine in the United States, which attracted middle-class readers with a combination of popular fiction stories and articles on science and technology, travel, and recent history? |
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| What did the Court's decision in Muller v. Oregon do? |
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| upheld an Oregon law limiting the maximum hours for working women to a ten-hour day, made women's welfare a matter of public interest, established that the liberty of a contract is not absolute, set the precedent for taking social and physical conditions into account during policy-making |
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| What did the Court's decision in Muller v. Oregon do? |
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| upheld an Oregon law limiting the maximum hours for working women to a ten-hour day, made women's welfare a matter of public interest, established that the liberty of a contract is not absolute, set the precedent for taking social and physical conditions into account during policy-making |
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| What was true of the "new immigrants" ? |
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| they were mostly from southern and eastern Europe, the majority had their passage arranged by others in the United States, they were mostly men, they had few job opportunities as most lacked industrial skills, and many had fled from religious persecution |
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| To what did the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire lead? |
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| a series of state laws that dramatically improved safety conditions and the formation of the New York State Factory Investigation Commission |
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| Who helped create the New York State Factory Investigation Commission? |
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| Florence Kelley, Frances Perkins, Al Smith, and Robert Wagner |
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| practical gains for the most disadvantaged workers |
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| Why was Booker T. Washington popular with whites? |
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| He stressed the importance of learning values such as frugality, cleanliness, and personal morality. He also advocated accommodation. |
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| For what did the "Niagara movement" call? |
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| integration by law, inclusion of blacks into labor unions, voting and other civil rights |
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| What did W.E.B. Du Bois say blacks would always feel? |
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| the tension between African heritage and a desire to assimilate with other Americans |
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| What was the compromise that resulted from Theodore Roosevelt's intervention in the anthracite coal strike of 1902? |
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| better pay and working conditions for the miners but without recognition of their union |
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| For what did the New Freedom program call? |
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| restoring the conditions of free competition and equality of economic opportunity, progressive reforms benefitting farmers, workers, and consumers, a small federal government, and states rights |
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| What did the Underwood-Simmons Act of 1913 do? |
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| reduced tariff duties on a variety of raw materials and manufactured goods and set first federal income tax schedules |
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| What did the Federal Reserve Act of 1913 do? |
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| reconstructed the nation's banking and currency system, created 12 federal reserve banks regulated by a central board in Washington |
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