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chapter 8 vocabulary
Term | Definition |
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1.)progressivism- | movement that responded to the pressures of industrialization and urbanization by promoting reforms. |
2.)muckraker- | writer who uncovers and exposes misconduct in politics or business. |
3.)social gospel- | reform movement that emerged in the late nineteenth century that sought to improve society by applying Christian principles. |
4.)settlement house- | community center organized at the turn of the twentieth century to provide social services to the urban poor. |
5.)direct primary- | election in which citizens themselves vote to select nominees for up coming elections. |
6.)initiative- | process in which citizens put a proposed new law directly on the ballot. |
7.)referendum- | process that allows citizens to approve or reject a law passed by a legislature. |
8.)recall- | process which voters can remove elected officials from office before their terms end. |
9.)NCL- | group organized in 1899 to investigate the conditions under which goods were made and sold and to promote safe working conditions and a minimum wage. |
10.)temperance movement- | movement aimed at stopping alcohol abuse and the problems created by it. |
11.)suffrage- | the right to vote. |
12.)NAWSA- | group founded in 1890 that worked on both state and national levels to earn women the right to vote. |
13.)nineteenth amendment- | constitutional amendment that gave women the right to vote. |
14.)Americanization- | belief that assimilating immigrants into American society would make them more loyal citizens. |
15.)Niagara movement- | group of African American thinkers founded in 1905 that pushed for immediate racial reforms, particularly in education and voting practices. |
16.)NAACP- | interracial organization founded in 1909 to abolish segregation and discrimination and to achieve political and civil right for African Americans. |
17.)urban league- | network of churches and clubs that set up employment agencies and relief efforts to help African Americans get settled and find work in the cities. |
18.)anti-defamation league- | organization formed in 1913 to defend Jews against physical and verbal attacks and false statements. |
19.)mutualistas- | organized group of Mexican Americans that make loans and provide legal assistance to other members of their community. |
20.)square deal- | president Theodore Roosevelt's program of reforms to keep that wealthy and powerful from taking advantage of small business owners and the poor. |
21.)Hepburn act- | 1906 law that gave the government the authority to set railroad rates and maximum prices for ferries, bridge tolls, and oil pipelines. |
22.)meat inspection act- | 1906 law that allowed the federal government to inspect meat sold across state lines and required federal inspection of meat processing plants. |
23.)pure food and drug act- | 1906 law that allowed federal inspection of food and medicine and banned the interstate shipment and sale of impure food and mislabeling of food and drugs. |
24.)national reclamation act- | 1902 law that gave the federal government the power to decide where and how water would be distributed though the building and management of dams and irrigation projects. |
25.)new nationalism- | president Theodore Roosevelt's plan to restore the governments trust-busting power. |
26.)progressive party- | political party that emerged from the Taft-Roosevelt battle that split the republican party in 1912. |
27.)new freedom- | Woodrow Wilson's program to place government controls or corporations in order to benefit small business. |
28.)sixteenth amendment- | 1913 constitutional amendment that gave congress the authority to levy an income tax. |
29.)federal reserve act- | 1913 law that placed national banks under control of a federal reserve board, which runs regional banks that hold reserve funds from commercial banks, sets interest rates, and supervises commercial banks. |
30.)federal trade commission- | government agency established in 1914 to identify monopolistic business practices, false advertising, and dishonest labeling. |
31.)clayton antitrust act- | 1914 law that strengthened the Sherman antitrust act. |