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CHAPTER 21 & 22 Voc
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Capitalism | an economic system in which private businesses run most industry |
| conservation | the planned management of natural resources to prevent their destruction |
| Eighteenth Amendment | (1919) a constitutional amendment that outlawed the production and sale of alcoholic beverages in the United States; repealed in 1933 |
| initiative | a method of allowing voters to propose a new law if enough signatures are collected on a petition |
| muckrakers | a term coined for journalists who “raked up” and exposed corruption and problems of society |
| political machines | a powerful organization that influenced city and country politics in the late 1800s |
| progressives | a group of reformers who worked to improve social and political problems in the late 1800s |
| recall | a vote to remove an official from office |
| referendum | a procedure that allows voters to approve or reject a law already proposed or passed by government |
| Sixteenth Amendment | (1913) an amendment to the COnstitution that allows personal income to be taxed |
| socialism | economic system in which the government owns and operates a country’s means of production |
| workers’ compensation laws | guaranteed a portion of lost wages to workers injured on the job |
| dollar diplomacy | influencing governments through economic, not military, intervention |
| imperialism | the practice of extending a nation's power by gaining territories for a colonial empire |
| isolationism | a national policy of avoiding involvement in other countries’ affairs |
| Open Door Policy | a policy established by the United States in 1899 to promote equal access for all nations to trade in China |
| Platt Amendment | a part of the Cuban constitution drafted under the supervision of the United States that limited Cuba’s right to make treaties, gave the U.S. the right to intervene in Cuban affairs, and required Cuba to sell to lease land to the U.S. |
| spheres of influence | an area where foreign countries control trade or natural resources of another nation or area |
| Teller Amendment | (1898) a congressional resolution stating that the U.S. had no interest in taking control of Cuba |
| yellow journalism | the reporting of exaggerated stories in newspapers to increase sales |
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