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Ch8 US History Vocab
Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressivism | believed that new ideas and honest, efficient government could bring about social justice |
| muckraker | writers that were too fascinated with the ugliest side of things. ( A muckrake is a tool used to clean manure and hay out of animal's stables) |
| Social Gospel | by following the Bible's teachings and charity and justice, he explained, people could make society "the kingdom of God: |
| settlement house | a community center that provided social services to the urban poor |
| direct primary | an election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for upcoming elections |
| initiative | power to put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting citizens' signatures on a petition |
| referndum | allowed citizens to approve or reject laws passed by a legislature |
| recall | gave voter the power to remove public servants from office before their terms endd |
| National Consumers League (NCL) | gave special labels to "goods produced under fair, safe, and healthy working conditions: |
| temperance movement | promoted temperance, the practice of never drinking alcohol |
| suffrage | the right to vote |
| National American Woman Suffrage Association (NAWSA) | a group that supported the national suffrage effort; believed that the effort to win the vote would take women's attention aawy from family and volunteer work that benefited society in many ways |
| Nineteenth Amendment | stated that the right to vote "shall not be denied or abridged on account of sex" |
| Americanization | programs that tried to change how immigrants lived and taught them English |
| Niagara Movement | denounced the idea of gradual progress |
| National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) | aimed to help African Americans be "physically free from peonage [forced, low-paid labor], mentally free from ignorance, politically free from disfranchisement, and socially free from insult" |
| Urban League | while NAACP helped middle-class blacks struggle for political and social justice, the Urban League focused on poorer workers |
| Anti-Defamation League | to defend Jews and others and physical and verbal attacks, false statements, and "to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike" |
| mutualistas | groups that made loans and provided legal assistance |
| Square Deal | program that wanted to keep the wealth and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor |
| Hepburn Act | gave the ICC strong enforcement powers |
| Meat Inspection Act | provided federal agents to inspect any meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat-processing plants |
| Pure Food and Drug Act | placed the same controls on other foods and on medicines |
| National Reclamation Act | gave the federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed |
| New Nationalism | a program to restore the government's trustbusting power |
| Progressive Party | the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the Republican Party as an election neared. Progressives bolted from the Republican Party and set up the Progressive Party |
| New Freedom | plan that would place strict government controls on corporations; similar to Roosevelt's New Nationalism |
| Sixteenth Amendment | gave to power to create a graduated income tax; means that wealth people pay a higher percentege of their income than poor people |
| Federal Reserve Act | This law placed national banks under the control of a Federal Reserve Board, which set up regional banks to hold the reserve funds and commercial banks. |
| Federal Trade Commission | group were named by the President to monitor business practices that lead to monopoly |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | strengthened earlier antitrust laws by spelling out those activities in which businesses could not engage |
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