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Chapters 23- 26 Study Guide
Chapter 23- Progressivism * Progressive Legislation- the progressives were committed to changing and reforming every aspect of the state, society and economy. Significant changes enacted at the national levels included the imposition of an income tax with the Sixteenth Amendment, direct election of Senators with the Seventeenth Amendment, Prohibition with the Eighteenth Amendment, and women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. * Progressive Era Amendments- Seventeenth Amendment which was the direct election of US senators. The eighteenth election which was the prohibition of alcohol consumption. And the nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote. * Reforms at the State and Local Level- A way of taking government to the state level was the Direct Primary, which allowed to directly chose senators. Reform was majorly in the cities. City after city reformers reordered municipal government. Reformers turned to recent advances in business management and organization. The most progressive state was Wisconsin. * Hepburn Act- (1906) The act strengthened the rate making power of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It empowered it to fix reasonable railroad rates and broadened its jurisdiction. The Hepburn act was a major step in Roosevelt’s plan for continuous federal control over industry. * Major Characteristics of Progressivism- Fueled by middle class, Response to industrialization and Urbanization * New Freedom Movement- Woodrow Wilson’s program that emphasized little government and business competition. This program helped lower tariffs by the Underwood Tariff act that lowered them by 15 percent. To make up for the loss of revenue Wilson issued a moderated income tax. Next, Wilson focused on banking. He initiated the Federal Reserve Act , which was the most important law of his legislation. Provided the US with a sound yet flexible currency and established the
Chapter 23- Progressivism * Progressive Legislation- the progressives were committed to changing and reforming every aspect of the state, society and economy. Significant changes enacted at the national levels included the imposition of an income tax with the Sixteenth Amendment, direct election of Senators with the Seventeenth Amendment, Prohibition with the Eighteenth Amendment, and women's suffrage through the Nineteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. * Progressive Era Amendments- Seventeenth Amendment which was the direct election of US senators. The eighteenth election which was the prohibition of alcohol consumption. And the nineteenth Amendment which gave women the right to vote. * Reforms at the State and Local Level- A way of taking government to the state level was the Direct Primary, which allowed to directly chose senators. Reform was majorly in the cities. City after city reformers reordered municipal government. Reformers turned to recent advances in business management and organization. The most progressive state was Wisconsin. * Hepburn Act- (1906) The act strengthened the rate making power of the Interstate Commerce Commission. It empowered it to fix reasonable railroad rates and broadened its jurisdiction. The Hepburn act was a major step in Roosevelt’s plan for continuous federal control over industry. * Major Characteristics of Progressivism- Fueled by middle class, Response to industrialization and Urbanization * New Freedom Movement- Woodrow Wilson’s program that emphasized little government and business competition. This program helped lower tariffs by the Underwood Tariff act that lowered them by 15 percent. To make up for the loss of revenue Wilson issued a moderated income tax. Next, Wilson focused on banking. He initiated the Federal Reserve Act , which was the most important law of his legislation. Provided the US with a sound yet flexible currency and established the