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Progressive Era
Question | Answer |
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Progressivism | political and social reforms of the early 1900's |
muckrakers | journalists who exposed corruption and fueled reform |
spoils system (patronage) | officials handing out government jobs to friends or in exchange for political support |
trust | businesses that work together as a monopoly to control prices in an industry |
monopoly | one company that controls the supply and price of an entire industry |
Gilded Age | early 1900's era of fabulous wealth for 10% of the population and harsh living conditions for 90% of the population |
Direct Primary | an election in which voters choose candidates for office |
conservation | controlling and preserving natural resources |
16th Amendment | 1913-established the federal income tax |
17th Amendment | 1913-established the direct election of senators |
18th Amendment | 1919-prohibition--banned the production and sale of alcohol in the US in an attempt to improve poverty, unemployment, and domestic violence |
19th Amendment | 1920-Women's suffrage |
Bull Moose Party | Progressive Party, started by Teddy Roosevelt in 1912 but defeated in the 1912 election by Woodrow Wilson |
The Jungle | novel by Upton Sinclair that exposed horrible conditions in meatpacking plants and factories |
suffrage | the right to vote |
prohibition | the period 1919-1933 when the US banned the production and sale of alcohol |