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history chapter 9
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| progressive movement | a period of social activism and political reform in the United States that flourished from the 1890s to the 1920s. |
| florence kelly | was a social and political reformer. Her work against sweatshops and for the minimum wage, eight-hour workdays, and children's rights is widely regarded today. |
| prohibition | a nationwide constitutional ban on the sale, production, importation, and transportation of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933. |
| muckraker | refers to reform-minded journalists who wrote largely for all popular magazines and continued a tradition of investigative journalism reporting |
| scientific management | An early 20th century school of management thought concerned primarily with the physical efficiency of an individual worker. |
| robert m la follette | an American Republican politician. He served as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, was the Governor of Wisconsin |
| initiative | The initiative is a democratic procedure that allows laws or amendments to be initiated directly by the voters. |
| referendum | a general vote by the electorate on a single political question that has been referred to them for a direct decision. |
| recall | enabled voters to remove public officials from elected positions by forcing them to face another election before the end of their term if enough voters asked for it. |
| seventeenth amendement | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1913, providing for the election of two U.S. senators from each state by popular vote and for a term of six years. |
| NACW | for colored women club that managed nurseries reading rooms and kindergartens |
| suffrage | the right to vote in political elections. |
| susan b anthony | an American social reformer who played a pivotal role in the women's suffrage movement. |
| NAWSA | american women suffrage association |
| Upton sinclair | author of the jungle |
| the jungle | revealed the breaking of human hearts |
| theodore Roosevelt | an American politician, author, naturalist, soldier, explorer, and historian who served as the 26th President of the United States. |
| square deal | the various progressive reforms sponsored by the Roosevelt administration |
| meat inspections act | dictated strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers |
| pure food and drug act | halted the sale and of contaminated foods |
| conservation | some wilderness areas would be preserved while others would be developed for the common good |
| NAACP | the national association for the advancement of colored people |
| gifford pinchot | forest service under president roosevelt |
| william howard taft | ran against william jennings bryan and won |
| payne aldrich tariff | a compromise that moderated the high rates of the aldrich bill |
| bull moose party | progressive party |
| woodrow wilson | reform governer of new jersey |
| carrie chapman catt | NAWSA president |
| clayton antitrust act | sought to strengthen the sherman antitrust act |
| federal trade commission | antitrust measure, watch dog agency |
| federal reserve system | banks could use new currency in emergency |
| nineteenth amendment | granting women the right to vote |
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