Chapter 9 Vocab S.S.
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| Progressive Movement | an early-20th-century reform movement seeking to return control of the government to the people, to restore economic opportunities, and to correct injustices in American life.
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| Florence Kelley | Advocate for improving lives of women and children.
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| Prohibition | the banning of the manufacture, sale, and possession of alcoholic beverages.
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| Muckraker | one of the magazine journalists who exposed the corrupt side of business and public life in the early 1900s.
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| Scientific Management | the application of scientific principles to increase efficiency in the workplace.
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| Robert M. La Follette | Republican that led the way in big business.
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| Initiative | a procedure by which a legislative measure can be originated by the people rather than by lawmakers.
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| Referendum | a procedure by which a proposed legislative measure can be submitted to a vote of the people.
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| Recall | a procedure for removing a public official from office by a vote of the people.
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| Seventeenth Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, adopted in 1903, that provides for the election of U.S. senators by the people rather than by state legislatures.
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| Upton Sinclair | Mucracking journalist, found bad conditions on the meatpacking industry. Wrote "The Jungle"
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| The Jungle | A novel by Upton Sinclair published, in 1906,
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| Theodore Roosevelt | President
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| Square Deal | President Theodore Roosevelt's program of progressive reform's designed to protect the common people against big businesses.
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| Meat Inspection Act | a law, enacted in 1906, that established strict cleanliness requirements for meatpackers and created a federal meat-inspection program.
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| Pure Food and Drug Act | a law enacted in 1906 to halt the sale of contaminated foods and drugs and to ensure truth in labeling.
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| Conservation | the planned management of natural resources, involving the protection of some wilderness areas and the development of others for the common good.
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| NAACP | the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People- an organization founded in 1909 to promote full racial equality.
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| Gifford Pinchot | head of the U.S. Forest Service.
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| William Howard Taft | Secretary of war
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| Payne-Aldrich Tariff | a set of tax regulations, enacted by Congress in 1909, that failed to significantly reduce tariffs on manufactured goods.
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| Bull Moose Party | a name given to the Progressive Party, formed to support Theodore Roosevelt's candidacy for the presidency in 1912.
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| Woodrow Wilson | New Jersey Governor
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| Carrie Chapman Catt | NAWSAs president
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| Clayton Antitrust Act | a law, enacted in 1914, that made certain monopolistic business practices illegal and protected the rights of labor unions and farm organizations.
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| Federal Trade Commission (FTC) | federal agency est. in 1914 to investigate and stop unfair business practices.
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| Federal Reserve System | National banking system, est, in 1913 that controls U.S. money supply and credit availability in the country.
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| Nineteenth Amendment | an amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1920 that gives women the right to vote.
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