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Chap. 8 Vocab.
Question | Answer |
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1. Progressivism | Movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms |
2. Muckraker | writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business |
3. Social Gospel | reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles |
4. Settlement House | a community center that provided that provided social services to the urban poor |
5. Direct Primary | an election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections |
6. Initiative | gave people the power to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting |
7. Referendum | allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature |
8. Recall | gave voters the right to remove public servants from public office before their terms ended |
9. NCL | group organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage |