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US Studies
Progressive Era Vocabulary
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Progressive Era | The period from about 1890 to 1920, during which a variety of reforms were enacted at the local, state, and federal levels |
| Muckraker | Journalist who uncovers wrongdoing in politics or business |
| Injunction | Court order prohibiting a certain activity |
| social welfare program | Program designed to ensure a basic standard of living for all citizens |
| municipal | Relating to a city, as in a municipal government |
| home rule | System that gives cities a limited degree of self-rule |
| direct primary | Election in which all citizens vote to select nominees for upcoming elections |
| initiative | A process in which citizens can put a proposed new law directly on the ballot in the next election by collecting voters’ signatures on a petition |
| referendum | Process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by their legislature |
| recall | Procedure that permits voters to remove public officials from office before the next election |
| conservationist | A person who favors the protection of natural resources |
| Clayton Antitrust Act | Law passed in 1914 to strengthen the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890; specified big business activities that were forbidden |
| Federal Trade Commission | 1914 commission established by President Wilson and congress to enforce the Clayton Act and establish fair- trade laws |
| Federal Reserve System | The nation’s central banking system, established in 1913. |
| Civil disobedience | Nonviolent refusal to obey a law in an effort to change that law |
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